plasm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
    germ plasm.
  2. 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
    plasma; blood plasma.

WordNet

Plasm noun
Etymology
L. plasma anything formed or molded, that which is molded, Gr. , , from to form, mold: cf. F. plasme. Cf. Plasma.
Definitions
  1. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. R. Woodward.
  2. (Biol.) Same as Plasma.

Webster 1913