plasm-: Meaning and Definition of

plasm-

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. var. ofbefore a vowel: plasmapheresis.

-plasm

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a combining form with the meanings “living substance,” “tissue,” “substance of a cell,” used in the formation of compound words: endoplasm; neoplasm; cytoplasm.
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