plasmasol Biol.
(ˈplæzməsɒl)
Also plasma sol.
[f. plasma + sol n.6]
Cytoplasm in the form of a sol, such as exists in the middle regions of amœboid cells. Cf. plasmagel.
| 1923, etc. [see plasmagel]. 1951 [see gelate v.]. 1970 Ambrose & Easty Cell Biol. xi. 360 The relative viscosity of the plasma sol is quite low, being about two to ten times greater than that of water; on the other hand the gel is a moderately rigid structure which shows elasticity and breaks on application of a critical force. |