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Traditional English :: plasma
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plasmatic.html - n. (also plasm) 1 the colourless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat-globules are suspended. 2 = PROTOPLASM. 3 a gas of positive ions and free electrons with an approximately equal positive and negative charge. 4 a green variety of quartz used in mosaic and for other decorative purposes. plasmatic adj. plasmic adj. [LL, = mould f. Gk plasma -atos f. plasso to shape] |
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Traditional English :: plasma
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plasmatic.html - n. (also plasm) 1 the colourless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat-globules are suspended. 2 = PROTOPLASM. 3 a gas of positive ions and free electrons with an approximately equal positive and negative charge. 4 a green variety of quartz used in mosaic and for other decorative purposes. plasmatic adj. plasmic adj. [LL, = mould f. Gk plasma -atos f. plasso to shape] |
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Traditional English :: plasmodesma
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plasmatic.html - n. (pl. plasmodesmata) a narrow thread of cytoplasm that passes through cell walls and affords communication between plant cells. [PLASMA + Gk desma bond, fetter] |
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Traditional English :: plasmodium
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plasmatic.html - n. (pl. plasmodia) 1 any parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, including those causing malaria in man. 2 a form within the life cycle of various micro-organisms including slime moulds, usu. consisting of a mass of naked protoplasm containing many nuclei. plasmodial adj. [mod.L f. PLASMA(1) + - odium: see -ODE(1) )] |
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Traditional English :: plasmolyse
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plasmatic.html - v.intr. & tr. (US plasmolyze) undergo or subject to plasmolysis. |
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Traditional English :: plasmolysis
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plasmatic.html - n. contraction of the protoplast of a plant cell as a result of loss of water from the cell. [mod.L (as PLASMA, -LYSIS)] |
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