Noun: plasm pla-zum
- The colourless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
"Blood plasm carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins throughout the body";
- plasma, blood plasma
- The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
"The germ plasm carries genetic information from one generation to the next";
- germ plasm
Derived forms: plasms
Type of: ECF, extracellular fluid, living substance, protoplasm
Encyclopedia: Plasm