Plasma :: Plasma (n.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments..

Plasma :: Plasma (n.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm..

Plasma :: Plasma (n.) Unorganized material; elementary matter.

Plasma :: Plasma (n.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments..

Plasmatic :: Plasmatic (a.) Alt. of Plasmatica.

Plasmatical :: Plasmatical (a.) Forming; shaping; molding.

Plasmatical :: Plasmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma..

Plasmation :: Plasmation (n.) The act of forming or molding.

Plasmator :: Plasmator (n.) A former; a fashioner.

Plasmature :: Plasmature (n.) Form; mold.

Plasmic :: Plasmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic..

Plasmid :: Plasmid (n.) A piece of DNA, usually circular, functioning as part of the genetic material of a cell, not integrated with the chromosome and replicating independently of the chromosome, but transferred, like the chromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produ

Plasmin :: Plasmin (n.) A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen..

Plasmodia :: Plasmodia (pl. ) of Plasmodiu.

Plasmodial :: Plasmodial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle..

Plasmodium :: Plasmodium (n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion..

Plasmodium :: Plasmodium (n.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms..

Plasmogen :: Plasmogen (n.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen..

Proplasm :: Proplasm (n.) A mold; a matrix.

Protoplasm :: Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called physical basis of life; the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc..

Protoplasmatic :: Protoplasmatic (a.) Protoplasmic.

Protoplasmic :: Protoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.

Protoplasmic :: Protoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to protoplasm; consisting of, or resembling, protoplasm..

Spermoplasma :: Spermoplasma (n.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell.

Stereoplasm :: Stereomonoscope (n.) An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once..

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