PLASMID


Meaning of PLASMID in English

[ 'plazmɪd ]

■ noun Biology a genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes, especially a small circular DNA strand in a bacterium or protozoan.

Origin

1950s: from plasma + -id 2 .

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