plasm
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | ecf, extracellular fluid, |
| definition | : | liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid (noun.body) |
| substance holonym | : | plasma protein, |
| definition | : | any of the proteins in blood plasma (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | gamma globulin, human gamma globulin, |
| definition | : | a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses (noun.substance) |
2. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes (noun.body)
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