Definition of Plasmodesma

1. Noun. (biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them. ¹

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Definition of Plasmodesma

1. [n -MATA or -MAS]

Medical Definition of Plasmodesma

1. Narrow tube of cytoplasm penetrating the plant cell wall, linking the protoplasts of two adjacent cells. A desmotubule runs down the centre of the tube, which is lined by plasma membrane. (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasmodesma

plasminogen
plasminogen activator
plasminogen activator inhibitor 1
plasminogen activator inhibitor 2
plasminogen inactivators
plasminogens
plasminokinase
plasminoplastin
plasmins
plasmo-
plasmocoagulase
plasmocyte
plasmocytes
plasmocytic leukemoid reaction
plasmodesm
plasmodesma (current term)
plasmodesmas
plasmodesmata
plasmodia
plasmodial
plasmodial slime mold
plasmodial trophoblast
plasmodiocarp
plasmodiophorid
plasmodiophorids
plasmodiotrophoblast
plasmoditrophoblast
plasmodium
plasmodium berghei
plasmodium chabaudi

Literary usage of Plasmodesma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Kappers does not agree with Child that axons develop in a plasmodesma. Furthermore, he has not neglected neuronal metabolism, as shown by his remarks on the ..."

2. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... plasma membrane plasma streaming plasmodesma biogenic molecule plate, petal-lamina lamellar collenchyma plant with Ailanthus type of flying organs of ..."

3. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... plasma membrane plasma streaming plasmodesma biogenic molecule plate, petal-lamina lamellar collenchyma plant with Ailanthus type of flying organs of ..."

4. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1906)
"Manicardi, C. 1905. Sein! d¡ Canapa a germinazione anómala. (Atti Ac. nat. XXV. p. 101—109.) Wulff, T. 1905. plasmodesma-Studier. (Ark. for Bot. 1905. 20pp. ..."

5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Kappers does not agree with Child that axons develop in a plasmodesma. Furthermore, he has not neglected neuronal metabolism, as shown by his remarks on the ..."

6. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... plasma membrane plasma streaming plasmodesma biogenic molecule plate, petal-lamina lamellar collenchyma plant with Ailanthus type of flying organs of ..."

7. Dictionary of Botanical Equivalents, French-English, German-English by Ernst Artschwager, Edwina Maria Smiley (1921)
"... plasma membrane plasma streaming plasmodesma biogenic molecule plate, petal-lamina lamellar collenchyma plant with Ailanthus type of flying organs of ..."

8. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1906)
"Manicardi, C. 1905. Sein! d¡ Canapa a germinazione anómala. (Atti Ac. nat. XXV. p. 101—109.) Wulff, T. 1905. plasmodesma-Studier. (Ark. for Bot. 1905. 20pp. ..."

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