Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plasm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plasm \Plasm\, n. [L. plasma anything formed or molded, that
which is molded, Gr. ?, ?, from ? to form, mold: cf. F.
plasme. Cf. {Plasma}.]
1. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a
particular shape. [R.] --Woodward.
2. (Biol.) Same as {Plasma}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plasm
n 1: the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes
and genes [syn: {germ plasm}]
2: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no
cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and
platelets are suspended [syn: {plasma}]
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