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PLASM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Synonyms:

blood plasma; plasm; plasma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

Synonyms:

germ plasm; plasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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