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Bioplasmic :: Bioplasmic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm..

Nucleoplasmic :: Nucleoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.

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..

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..