The main body of the cell, its cytoplasm, corresponds to the factory area where workers are manufacturing the specified product from incoming raw materials (Scientific American).
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plasm — [plaz′əm] n. PLASMA (senses 2 & 3) * * * plasm (plăzʹəm) n. 1. See germ plasm. 2. Variant of plasma. * * * … Universalium
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. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plasm — –PLASM Element secund de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia (referitor la) plasmă (1) , de plasmă (1) . [< fr. , gr. plasma]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
-plasm — [plaz′əm] [< Gr plasma: see PLASMA] combining form 1. the formative material of an animal or vegetable cell [idioplasm] 2. any of the components of protoplasm [endoplasm] … English World dictionary
plasm — [plaz′əm] n. PLASMA (senses 2 & 3) … English World dictionary
plasm- — [plaz′əm] prefix combining form PLASMO : used before a vowel … English World dictionary
plasm — pro·plasm; pro·to·plasm; pseu·do·plasm; psy·cho·plasm; sar·co·plasm; so·ma·plasm; so·ma·to·plasm; sper·mato·plasm; spon·gi·o·plasm; spo·ro·plasm; stereo·plasm; sym·plasm; tele·plasm; tox·o·plasm; troph·o·plasm; … English syllables
plasm — SYN: plasma. * * * plasm plaz əm n PLASMA see GERM PLASM * * * (plazґəm) plasma … Medical dictionary
plasm- — ⇒PLASMA , PLASM(O) , (PLASM , PLASMO )élém. formants I. L élém. est ou représente le subst. plasma. A. BIOL., MÉD. [Corresp. à plasma A 1 a] 1. [Le mot constr. est un adj.; le 2e élém. est un suff.] V. plasmatique (dér. s.v. plasma). 2. [Les mots … Encyclopédie Universelle
plasm — «a, ato, o (G). Something molded or modeled; plasm … Dictionary of word roots and combining forms
plasm — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑plasma, ↑blood plasma • Hypernyms: ↑extracellular fluid, ↑ECF • … Useful english dictionary
