plasm

incontável

A noun referring to the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which cells are suspended, or the protoplasm of germ cells containing chromosomes and genes.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a parte líquida e incolor do sangue, da linfa ou do leite, na qual as células estão em suspensão, ou o protoplasma de células germinativas, contendo cromossomos e genes.

1. Genetic material C1 formal scientific

   The protoplasm of germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes, responsible for heredity.

   • The germ plasm carries the genetic information from one generation to the next.
   • Scientists study the plasm of reproductive cells to understand inheritance.
   • The plasm within the egg cell contains all the necessary chromosomes.

   🇵🇹Material genético

   Sinônimos: germ plasm

2. Blood component B2 formal medical

   The colorless, watery fluid of blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which blood cells are suspended.

   • Blood plasma is the liquid component that carries nutrients and hormones.
   • The plasma was separated from the red blood cells in the lab.
   • Donating plasma helps patients with clotting disorders.

   🇵🇹Plasma

   Sinônimos: blood plasmaplasma

• plasms plural form
• plasms' possessive plural form
• plasm's possessive singular form