plasm-

¹

1. variant of plasmo- before a vowel:

   plasmapheresis.

-plasm

²

1. a combining form with the meanings “living substance,” “tissue,” “substance of a cell,” used in the formation of compound words:

   endoplasm; neoplasm; cytoplasm.

-plasm

¹

combining form

1. (in biology) indicating the material forming cells

   cytoplasm

   protoplasm

plasm

²

/ ˈplæzəm /

noun

1. protoplasm of a specified type

   germ plasm

2. See plasma
   a variant of plasma

Derived Forms

• -plasmic, combining_form:in_adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasm-¹

Combining form representing Greek plásma. See plasma

Word History and Origins

Origin of plasm-¹

from Greek plasma something moulded; see plasma

Example Sentences

Are acquired powers transmitted to posterity, or is the germ plasm unaffected by its environment?

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It would seem that a stemonitis, for example, must owe the rise of the spore-plasm to the play of different machinery.

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But this difference is easily explained by their difference in consistency, the crystal being solid and the plasm semi-fluid.

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The "miracle of life" is in essence nothing but the metabolism of the living matter, or of the plasm.

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In my opinion, this paradoxical theory of death has no more basis than the germ-plasm theory he has ingeniously connected with it.

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