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Plasmoid

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• Plasmolyse

  /ˈplæzməˌlaɪz/ verb 1. to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis

• Plasmolyze

  plasmolyze plas·mo·lyze (plāz’mə-līz’) v. plas·mo·lyzed, plas·mo·lyz·ing, plas·mo·lyz·es To subject to or undergo plasmolysis.

• Plasmolysis

  [plaz-mol-uh-sis] /plæzˈmɒl ə sɪs/ noun, Botany. 1. contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis. /plæzˈmɒlɪsɪs/ noun 1. the shrinkage of protoplasm away from the cell walls that occurs as a result of excessive water loss, esp in plant cells See exosmosis n. 1883, from French plasmolysis (1877), from […]

• Plasmon

  /ˈplæzmɒn/ noun 1. (genetics) the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell plasmon plas·mon (plāz’mŏn’) n. The aggregate of cytoplasmic or extranuclear genetic material in an organism.

• Plasmorrhexis

  plasmorrhexis plas·mor·rhex·is (plāz’mə-rěk’sĭs) n. The splitting open of a cell from pressure of the protoplasm.

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