| plasmapheresis |
The selective removal of certain proteins or antibodies from the blood (followed by reinjection of the blood). This process is sometimes used in the treatment of some peripheral neuropathies and is an integral part of passive immunotherapies for HIV.
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| plasmodium |
A multinucleated, usually naked (ie, bounded only by a plasma membrane) mass of protoplasm that is usually motile and variable in size and form. (Pl. plasmodia.) (16)
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| plasmolysis |
The shrinking and separation of the cytoplasm from the cell wall due to exosmosis of water from the protoplast. (2)
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| plasmalemma |
The cytoplasmic membrane found on the outside of the protoplast adjacent to the cell wall. (2)
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| plasmid |
In many types of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell: a linear or covalently closed circular molecule of DNA, (distinct from chromosomal DNA, mtDNA, ctDNA, or kDNA and commonly dispensable to the cell), that can replicate autonomously (ie, independently of other replicons). (16)
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