| AMPLOSOMES | • AMPLOSOME n. the short or stocky type of human figure. |
| EMPLASTRUM | • EMPLASTRUM n. a medicated plaster, also EMPLASTRON. |
| GERMPLASMS | • germplasms n. Plural of germplasm. • GERMPLASM n. plant genetic material. |
| HOMOPLASMY | • homoplasmy n. The presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual. • HOMOPLASMY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| IMPALUDISM | • impaludism n. (Obsolete) A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas. • IMPALUDISM n. a disease carried by insects affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas. |
| MELAMPODES | • MELAMPODE n. (Spenser) the black hellebore. |
| METAPLASMS | • metaplasms n. Plural of metaplasm. • METAPLASM n. the alteration of a word by adding, subtracting, or transposing letters or syllables e.g. saying 'relator' for 'realtor'. |
| MYCOPLASMA | • mycoplasma n. Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae. • Mycoplasma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycoplasmataceae – bacteria that lack cell walls. • MYCOPLASMA n. a member of the Mycoplasma, a variety of pathogenic agents apparently neither viruses not true bacteria. |
| PARAMYLUMS | • PARAMYLUM n. a substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water. |
| PELMANISMS | • PELMANISM n. a card game in which the cards are spread out face down and have to be picked up in matching pairs. |
| PLASMODESM | • plasmodesm n. Alternative form of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESM n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESMA. |
| PLASMODIUM | • plasmodium n. (Biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells… • Plasmodium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – parasitic protozoans which include those causing malaria. • PLASMODIUM n. a naked mass of protoplasm with many nuclei, as in myxomycetes. |
| PLASMOGAMY | • plasmogamy n. (Mycology) Stage of sexual reproduction joining the cytoplasm of two parent mycelia without the fusion of nuclei. • PLASMOGAMY n. a process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two cells; the first step in syngamy, also PLASTOGAMY. |
| PLASMOSOMA | • PLASMOSOMA n. a nucleolus, also PLASMOSOME. |
| PLASMOSOME | • PLASMOSOME n. a nucleolus, also PLASMOSOMA. |
| POLYLEMMAS | • polylemmas n. Plural of polylemma. • POLYLEMMA n. an argument forcing a choice between contradictory statements. |
| PSAMMOPHIL | • PSAMMOPHIL n. a sand-loving plant, also PSAMMOPHILE. |