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plasm
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the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
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germ plasm
Other meanings
2. noun
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
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