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plas·mid
 plasmid
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- pronunciation:
- plaez
mihd
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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a DNA-containing, self-reproducing element in the cytoplasm of some bacteria which exists outside the chromosome, used in recombinant DNA technology because it can alter a hereditary characteristic when introduced into another bacterium.
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adjective + (n.)plasmid
bacterial, chromosomal, distinct, genetic, identical, large, marked, multiple, resistant
verb + (n.)plasmid
acquire, band, call, carry, compare, confer, encode, harbor, introduce, isolate, replicate, reproduce
noun + (n.)plasmid
analysis,
antibiotic,
cell,
chicken,
circle,
clone,
coli,
dna,
element,
gene,
human,
invasion,
isolate,
laboratory,
library,
material,
organism,
pattern,
piece,
presence,
profile,
reaction,
researcher,
resistance,
restriction,
transmission,
virus
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The word plasmid
contains the following part:
plas, plast, plasm, -plasty
Greek
root
that means mold, form; growth
  Example words:
aplastic anemia, cataplasia, ceroplastic, chloroplast, cytoplasm, dysplasia, ectoplasm, endoplasm, heteroplasty, hyperplasia, hypoplasia, neoplasm, plasma, plasmagene, plasmapheresis, plasmid, plasmin, plasmolysis, plaster, plastic, plasticizer, plastid, protoplasm, rhinoplasty, somatoplasm, thermoplastic, trophoplasm
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