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A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.

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  1. n. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
  2. n. Same as Plasma.
  3. n. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
  4. n. 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
  5. 1. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. [R.] Woodward. 2. (Biol.) Same as Plasma.
  6. n:100 n the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes n 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