Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word PLASM
PLASM
Definitions of PLASM
- A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
- A membrane or cell layer, especially one in an embryo that later develops into a structure; the constituent cells of such layer.
- (biology, archaic) Protoplasm.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using PLASM in a Sentence
- The distinction resembles that proposed by August Weismann (1834–1914), who distinguished between germ plasm (heredity) and somatic cells (the body).
- Plasm use is a form of magic, and its users are referred to as mages; among many other effects it can be used to create or transmute matter (for example, to manufacture food), perform medical treatments or genetic modifications, enhance senses, create illusions, and kill people with energy blasts.
- In 1876, he suggested a hypothesis in explanation of heredity, resembling the germ plasm theory subsequently elaborated by August Weismann, to the effect that the germinal protoplasm retains its specific properties from generation to generation, dividing in each reproduction into an ontogenetic portion, out of which the individual is built up, and a phylogenetic portion, which is reserved to form the reproductive material of the mature offspring.
- This score determines the amount of "Gold Plasm" given to the player, which is used to add more spells to ghosts' arsenals.
- Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre (CSGRC) was established in 1991 to protect and conserve mulberry and silkworm germ plasm resources.
- Bousfield favoured Lamarckian evolution, taking the view that habits become ingrained in the "mental structure" of the organism which influence the psychic structure of the germ plasm.
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