PLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plasm mean? 

• PLASM (noun)
  The noun PLASM has 2 senses:

1. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

2. 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

  Familiarity information: PLASM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

germ plasm; plasm

Hypernyms ("plasm" is a kind of...):

living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood plasma; plasm; plasma

Hypernyms ("plasm" is a kind of...):

ECF; extracellular fluid (liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid)

Meronyms (substance of "plasm"):

plasma protein (any of the proteins in blood plasma)

gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)

 Context examples 

A collection of mitochondria, germinal plasm and fragments of both the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi that is found next to the nucleus during early stages of oocyte development.

(Balbiani Body, NCI Thesaurus)

And that the germ plasm is different from the parthenogenetic egg?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)