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plasmid
Term: plasmid
Origin: Anc Greek
?????? (noun)/plasma(=something formed or molded, an idol) > ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold)
-????/idio(=-id, suffix that is used as diminutive of a noun )
original meaning of plasma: substance of uncertain shape.
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Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008) |
Coined:in the early 1950s by the American geneticist and microbiologist Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008) in order to describe any bacterial genetic element that exists in an extrachromosomal state although this description included bacterial viruses.
Definition:
Bacterial extrachromosomal DNA elements that replicate autonomously.
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Plasmapheresis
Term: plasmapheresisLiterally meaning: ?withdraw plasma? Origin: Anc Greek? JJ ABEL 1857 ? 1938? ??????(noun)/plasma (=something formed or molded, an idol) > ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold).+?????????/apheresis(=taking away, withdraw)Coined/HistoryIn...
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Plasmacyte
Term: plasmacyteLiterally meaning: ?plasma cell?Origin: Anc Greek?????? (noun)/plasma (=something formed or molded, an idol)> ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold).+????-/cyto- (=combining form meaning ?cell? derived from anc Greek ??????/kytion/cytion=box,...
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Symplast
Term:symplastOrigin: Anc Greek???-/syn-(=together)?????? (noun)/plasma(=something formed or molded, an idol) > ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold) literally apoplast means the continuality of cell protoplasts in a plant body Coined:By E. Munch (1930)...
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Apoplast
Term:apoplastOrigin: Anc Greek???-/apo(=away from)?????? (noun)/plasma(=something formed or molded, an idol) > ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold) literally apoplast means that thee is a distinction or detachment of cell protoplast in a plant...
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Protoplasm
Term: protoplasm Origin: Anc Greek ??????/protos(=first or prime importance )?????? (noun)/plasma(=something formed or molded, an idol) > ??????/plasso(=create, form, mold) à substance without shape Coined: The ?protoplasma? word was in Late...
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