noun
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
• Syn: ↑plasma, ↑blood plasma
• Hypernyms: ↑extracellular fluid, ↑ECF
• Substance Meronyms: ↑plasma protein, ↑gamma globulin, ↑human gamma globulin
2. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
• Syn: ↑germ plasm
• Hypernyms: ↑protoplasm, ↑living substance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.