plasm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plasm	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plasm n the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes Synonym(s): germ plasm, plasm 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 Synonym(s): plasma, plasm, blood plasma
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}.