[syn: plasma, plasm, blood plasma]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. (Biol.) Same as Plasma.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plasm
n 1: the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes
and genes [syn: germ plasm, plasm]
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
[syn: plasma, plasm, blood plasma]