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variant of plasmo- before a vowel: plasmapheresis.

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Other definitions for plasm- (2 of 2)

-plasm

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

Origin of -plasm

Combining form representing Greek plásma.See plasma

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How to use plasm- in a sentence

Are acquired powers transmitted to posterity, or is the germ plasm unaffected by its environment?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
It would seem that a stemonitis, for example, must owe the rise of the spore-plasm to the play of different machinery.
The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
But this difference is easily explained by their difference in consistency, the crystal being solid and the plasm semi-fluid.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
The "miracle of life" is in essence nothing but the metabolism of the living matter, or of the plasm.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel

In my opinion, this paradoxical theory of death has no more basis than the germ-plasm theory he has ingeniously connected with it.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for plasm- (1 of 2)

plasm

/ (ˈplæzəm) /

noun

protoplasm of a specified typegerm plasm

a variant of plasma

British Dictionary definitions for plasm- (2 of 2)

-plasm

n combining form

(in biology) indicating the material forming cellsprotoplasm; cytoplasm

Derived forms of -plasm

-plasmic, adj combining form

Word Origin for -plasm

from Greek plasma something moulded; see plasma

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