"plasm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈplæzəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plasm.wav Forms: plasms [plural]
Rhymes: -æzəm Etymology: From Late Latin plasma (“mold”) or Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”), in some cases via German Plasma or French plasme, like English plasma. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|plasma||mold}} Late Latin plasma (“mold”), {{der|en|grc|πλάσμα||something formed}} Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”), {{der|en|de|Plasma}} German Plasma, {{der|en|fr|plasme}} French plasme, {{m+|en|plasma}} English plasma Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plasm (countable and uncountable, plural plasms)
  1. (biology, archaic) Protoplasm. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-plasm-en-noun-~BoHEzRJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 25 24 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plasm-en-noun-1DDDlJPX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 28
  3. A membrane or cell layer, especially one in an embryo that later develops into a structure; the constituent cells of such a layer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plasm-en-noun-TzUoIaa7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: germ plasm, germplasm, pole plasm Related terms: plasmodium, plasma, -plasm, cytoplasm, ectoplasm, mictoplasm, protoplasm

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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