plasms
Biological cellular materials
Plasms is the plural of plasm, a somewhat rare word for a formative or moldable substance.
In biology, plasm refers to the living matter of a cell—the material that gives it form and function.
The word appears mainly in compounds: protoplasm, cytoplasm, ectoplasm.
On its own, plasm sounds technical or archaic.
Basic unit of life
- organelleSubcellular functional unit
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- cellularComposed of small units
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
colloidal · gel · fluid · germplasm · heredity · genetics · chromatin · mitochondria
Blood's watery portion
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- plateletBlood's clotting fragment
- coagulationLiquid solidifying into mass
albumin · globulin · fibrinogen · electrolytes · antibodies · IV · centrifuge · hemoglobin
Electrically charged atomic matter
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- fusionJoining into unity
- tokamakPlasma confinement device
magnetized · electrons · ions · corona · solar wind · neon · fluorescent · arc
cell
Basic unit of life
viscous · colloidal · gel · fluid · germplasm · heredity · genetics · chromatin · mitochondria · ribosomes
serum
Blood's watery portion
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- plateletBlood's clotting fragment
coagulation · albumin · globulin · fibrinogen · electrolytes · antibodies · IV · centrifuge · hemoglobin · clotting
ionized gas
Electrically charged atomic matter
tokamak · magnetized · electrons · ions · corona · solar wind · neon · fluorescent · arc · discharge
plasmsmembranes
Thin flexible tissue layers
cell walls · cytoskeletons · organelles · matrices · scaffolds
plasmssolids
Matter with fixed shape
structures · crystals · forms · frameworks · matrices
- blood plasmaFluid suspending red cells
- plasma screenDisplay using ionized gas
- plasma TVIonized gas display panel
- plasma lampGlass sphere with electrical filaments
- plasma ballElectrode-filled decorative sphere
- plasma rifleWeapon firing superheated matter
plasma, cytoplasm, ectoplasm, protoplasm, plasm, nucleoplasm, plasmas, endoplasm, cytoplasms