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Meanings of plasm in English

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plasma sanguíneo
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The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended.

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        plasma sanguíneo
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        plasma do germe
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        plasma

        The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.

              plasma do germe
              Usage of plasm in English
              1
              The plasm of both forms is inclosed in a soft gelatinous membrane.
              Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
              2
              The cuticle is not striated and the body plasm is quite transparent.
              Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
              3
              We are the trustees of the racial germ plasm that we carry.
              How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
              4
              The essential principles of the germ-plasm theory are somewhat as follows.
              The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope
              5
              Spencer taught me well; this defect is in my germ plasm.
              Second glance
              6
              The mass of blubber and plasm pulsed with an elfish glow.
              London River
              7
              So our germ plasm of coconut is now located in Papua New Guinea.
              Radio NZ
              8
              Weismann, A., his germ-plasm theory.-onontogeny.-andPrichard.-and Spencer.-onthe transmission of acquired characters.-various.
              Darwin and Modern Science
              9
              Germ plasm formation is considered to define the first step in germ cell development.
              Pubmed
              10
              Lankester, Sir E. Ray, on degeneration.-oneducability.-onthe germ-plasm theory.-elsewhere.
              Darwin and Modern Science
              11
              He seeks the essential cause of evolution in the constitution of the plasm of organisms.
              At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers
              12
              The idea of the mother is, as it were, gradually photographed on the cerebral plasm.
              Fantasia of the Unconscious
              13
              The living plasm in every cell is itself immortal.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891
              14
              Again he says: There is, therefore, continuity of the germ-plasm from one generation to another.
              Five Lectures on Reincarnation
              15
              A chronic alcoholic has a defective germ-plasm, and his children are apt to be defective.
              Woman / Her Sex and Love Life
              16
              Their entire body consists of merely soft, structureless plasm.
              A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
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