Definition of "plasm" [plasm]

• See germ plasm. (noun)
• Variant of plasma. (noun)

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• "Fortunately for you it is the only any kind of plasm that is enticing in any situation."
• "He also speaks of the sensitiveness of "plasm," or the substance of "living bodies," as being "only a superior degree of the general irritability of substance.""
• "Older than flowers, older than ferns, older than foraminiferae, older than plasm altogether is the soul underneath."