PLASM
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. colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
Familiarity information: PLASM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLASM (noun)
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))
Meaning:
Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
plasma; plasm
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plasm"):
blood plasma (plasma that separates from blood in coagulation)
