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-plasm

US/plæz.əm/

-plasm suffix: the contents of a cell.

Suffix

-plasm

  1. The contents of a cell.

Origin of -plasm

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”); a doublet of plasma and plasm used mostly in biology.

Questions about -plasm

What does -plasm mean?
-plasm means the contents of a cell.
What part of speech is -plasm?
-plasm is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -plasm?
-plasm is pronounced /plæz.əm/ (US).

Words near -plasm in the dictionary

  1. -pilled
  2. -pine
  3. -piprazole
  4. -pitant
  5. -plasia
  6. -plasm
  7. -plast
  8. -plasty
  9. -plasy
  10. -platin
  11. -ple

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