Etymology · Ancient Greek
πλαστός
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek πλαστός, most common first.
- plastidAny of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.
- fibrinoplastinAn albuminous substance in the blood which, in combination with fibrinogen, forms fibrin. Now understood to be any of a certain group of proteins in the blood, each of whose members has a more modern name.
- plastinA set of actin-bundling proteins .