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Plasm

noun
1.
The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.  Synonym: germ plasm.
2.
The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended.  Synonyms: blood plasma, plasma.



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"Plasm" Quotes from Famous Books



... first period I called the embryonic period [Greek: kat' exochen] or the period of organ-rudiments. It includes the 'directly inherited' structures, i.e., the structures which are directly predetermined in the structure of the germ-plasm, as, for instance, the first differentiation of the germ, segmentation, the formation of the germ-layers and the organ-rudiments, as well as the next stage of 'further differentiation,' and of independent growth and maintenance, ...
— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

... physics, and notably to those relating to energy and its transformations. It has internal energies which must be adjusted to one another and not less to those around it; that is to say, it must be more or less in harmony with its environment. There are the problems of germ-plasm, and its transmission; the effect on it, if any, of the body, and the reaction of the body to its environment. There are also the catalysers of which we have spoken, with many problems associated with them, and throwing a possible ...
— Science and Morals and Other Essays • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle



Words linked to "Plasm" :   gamma globulin, extracellular fluid, ECF, human gamma globulin, plasma protein, living substance



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