plasmosome

American  

[plaz-muh-sohm] / ˈplæz məˌsoʊm /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. a true nucleolus, as distinguished from a karyosome.

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plasmosome British  

/ ˈplæzməˌsəʊm /

noun

1. another name for nucleolus

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Etymology

Origin of plasmosome

First recorded in 1885–90; plasmo- + -some ³

Example Sentences

First spermatocyte from same testis, spireme stage, showing 2 small chromosomes associated with 1 large one and a plasmosome.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria

First spermatocyte, spireme stage, showing the unequal pair associated with a large plasmosome.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria

Heterochromosome group. p = plasmosome, l = large heterochromosome, s = small heterochromosome. 24-27.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria

In figure 74 the two unequal elements are completely separated and the plasmosome has disappeared.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria

In safranin-gentian preparations it stains, not like a plasmosome, but red like the heterochromosomes, while the spireme is violet.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria