blood plasm
1plasm — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑plasma, ↑blood plasma • Hypernyms: ↑extracellular fluid, ↑ECF • …
2blood plasma — noun 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 • Syn: ↑plasma, ↑plasm • Hypernyms: ↑extracellular fluid, ↑ECF • Substance… …
3Blood plasma — Plasma Plas ma, n. [See {Plasm}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. [1913 Webster] 2 …
4plasm- — (plasmo ) prefix denoting 1. blood plasma. 2. protoplasm or cytoplasm …
5plasm- — plasmo combining form denoting 1) blood plasma. 2) protoplasm or cytoplasm …
6pir|o|plasm — «PIHR uh PLAZ uhm», noun, plural plasms, plas|ma|ta « PLAZ muh tuh». the parasitic protozoan that infects the red blood cells of animals and causes piroplasmosis. ╂[< Piroplasma, the genus name; see etym. under piroplasmosis (Cf.… …
7Dioxine affair — The Dioxine affair was a political crisis that struck in Belgium during the spring of 1999.Contamination of feedstock with PCB was detected in animal foodproducts, mainly eggs and chickens.Although health inspectors reported this probem yet in… …
8-plasmia — ˈplazmēə noun combining form ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from plasma + ia : a (specified) condition of the blood plasm oligoplasmia …
9heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… …
10evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …