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-plasm

a combining form with the meanings “living substance,” “tissue,” “substance of a cell,” used in the formation of compound words: endoplasm; neoplasm; cytoplasm.

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Nearby words

  1. -phyll,
  2. -phyllous,
  3. -phyre,
  4. -phyte,
  5. -plasia,
  6. -plast,
  7. -plastic,
  8. -plasty,
  9. -plasy,
  10. -plegia

Origin of -plasm

combining form representing Greek plásma. See plasma
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British Dictionary definitions for -plasm

-plasm

n combining form

(in biology) indicating the material forming cellsprotoplasm; cytoplasm
Derived Forms-plasmic, adj combining form

Word Origin for -plasm

from Greek plasma something moulded; see plasma
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Word Origin and History for -plasm

-plasm

word-forming element meaning "a growth, a development; something molded," from Greek -plasma, from plasma "something molded or created" (see plasma).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for -plasm

-plasm

suff.

Material forming cells or tissue:cytoplasm.
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