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plasm

US/ˈplæzəm/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

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2.

colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended

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Origin

From Late Latin plasma (“mold”) or Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”), in some cases via German Plasma or French plasme, like English plasma.

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  • germ plasm
  • pole plasm

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