~ PLASIA   suffix id+ | FORM or SHAPE | as in
           DYSPLASIA  see> ACHONROPLASIA
~ PLASM   id+ THINGS FORMED BY MOLDING MATTER  sug> MATRIX
 ^u       hx> BEFORE DNA WAS DISCOVERED  WEISSMAN [#] USED
              THIS TERM TO DENOTE THE HEREDITARY OR THE
          REPRODUCTIVE SUBSTANCE OF GERM CELLS as in
          SEMINAL PLASMA or VITAL FLUID  or rhetorically
          ATOMIC PLASMA  or ENERGY
          now mostly used in the sense found in biology
~ PLASMA  implies SUBSTANCE WITHOUT SHAPE
          gr  PLASEIN = TO FORM
          lat PLASTES   A CASTER or MOULDER or MOLDER
                        MAKER OF IMAGES  STATUES  POTTER
          sp  PLASMAR   TO MOLD  TO SHAPE   sug> PLASTIC
              PLASTA    SOFT  MALLEABLE     sug> LIMBER
              PLASTE    FILLER              sug> PLASTER
       biol>  PLASMA may be a general term  sug> OIL
              for "BODY FLUID"              sug> SECRETE
       note CYTOPLASM  PROTOPLASM           sug> OOZE
       med> CELL FREE BLOOD FLUID AFTER COAGULATION IS
            SERUM WHICH LACKS FIBRINOGEN CONSUMED DURING
       CLOTTING  BY SEDIMENTION OR CENTRIFUGATION OF
       ANTICOAGULATED BLOOD PLASMA MAY BE SEPARTED FROM
       BLOOD CELLS WITH PRESERVATION OF FIBRINOGEN WHICH
       CAN ORIGINATE FIBRIN TO FORM A CLOT  sug> CONGEAL
       CLOTTING CONSUMES THE FIBRINOGEN     sug> FIBER
       THE FLUID LEFT IS CALLED SERUM       sug> REMEDY
       note SERUM often describes a         sug> SAP
            THERAPEUTIC AGENT SINCE IT      sug> VACCINE
       MAY CONTAIN ANTIGENS or ANTIBODIES   sug> ANTITOXIN
       in  PHARMACY PLASMA or SERUM may     sug> SALVE
           denote a  MEDICAL GURGLE or      sug> GUSH
           an OINTMENT  implying OILY       sug> ANOINT
~ PLASMID  biol> FOUND IN BACTERIA THIS EXTRA CHROMOSOMAL
                 CYCLIC DOUBLE STRANDED DNA REPLICATES
                 INDEPENDENTLY AND PLAYS A ROLE IN BACTERIAL
                 CONJUGATION AND RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS
~ PLASMODIUM  med> NAME OF A SERIES OF PROTOZOAN
                   MALARIAL PARASITES eg PL BRAZILIARUM
~ PLAST    TO FORM                          sug> MATRIX
           notably in                       sug> ADJUSTABLE
           ukr PLAST = LAYER also denotes   sug> MOLDABLE
                          BOY SCOUTS        sug> PLIANT
           as if boys are "PLASTIC"         sug> MALLEABLE
~ PLAST~   prefix to denote SHAPE or FORM   sug> MATTER
~ PLASTER  id+ PASTE          in sp PASTA   sug> PASTORAL
           most often GYPSUM                sug> PASTEL
~ PLASTIC  id+ CAPACITY TO TAKE FORM        sug> ELASTIC
               CAPACITY FOR CHANGE or MOLD  see> RESILIENT
  sc> PLASTIC MATTER IS NEITHER LIQUID NOR SOLID BUT IN BETWEEN
      SUCH COMPOUNDS CAN CHANGE AND HOLD VARIOUS SHAPES
  note ELASTIC denotes tendency to RETURN TO PREVIOUS SHAPE
  biol> METABOLISM CHANGES MATTER
  med>  HUMANS are PLASTIC IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
        note PLASTIC SURGERY SEEKS TO CREATE SHAPES
  leading to composite terms like RHINOPLASTY etc
  art>  PLASTIC ARTS INCLUDE SCULPTURE  CERAMICS etc
  sug> MOLD or MOULD  MATRIX  UTERUS  CAST  DIE  FIGURE  VISAGE
  ply> | THE ULTIMATE MOLD IS A MATERNAL MATRIX or UTERUS
         MOTHERS METAMORPHOSE PLASTIC PLASMA AND MATTER
         INTO A BEING |

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