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Plasma Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Plasma? [n] colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended [n] (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma" [n] a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone Synonyms \| Synonyms for Plasma: plasm Related Terms \| Find terms related to Plasma: antibody \| antigen \| arterial blood \| blood \| blood bank \| blood cell \| blood count \| blood donor \| blood donor center \| blood group \| blood grouping \| blood picture \| blood platelet \| blood pressure \| blood serum \| blood substitute \| bloodmobile \| bloodstream \| circulation \| clinical dextran \| dextran \| erythrocyte \| globulin \| gore \| grume \| hematics \| hematologist \| hematology \| hematoscope \| hematoscopy \| hemocyte \| hemoglobin \| hemometer \| humor \| ichor \| isoantibody \| leukocyte \| lifeblood \| neutrophil \| opsonin \| phagocyte \| plasma substitute \| red corpuscle \| Rh factor \| Rhesus factor \| Rh-negative \| Rh-positive \| Rh-type \| serum \| type O \| venous blood \| white corpuscle See Also \| blood plasma \| calcedony \| chalcedony \| ECF \| extracellular fluid \| gamma globulin \| human gamma globulin \| interplanetary gas \| plasma protein \| state \| state of matter Plasma In Webster's Dictionary \Plas"ma\, n. [See {Plasm}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. 2. (Biol.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm. 3. Unorganized material; elementary matter. 4. (Med.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. --U. S. Disp. {Blood plasma} (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended. {Muscle plasma} (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.

Plasma Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plasma?

[n] colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
[n] (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"
[n] a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plasma: plasm

Plasma In Webster's Dictionary

\Plas"ma\, n. [See {Plasm}.]
1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green
   and leek green, which is found associated with common
   chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for
   making engraved ornaments.

2. (Biol.) The viscous material of an animal or vegetable
   cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a
   process of differentiation; protoplasm.

3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.

4. (Med.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a
   substitute for ointments. --U. S. Disp.





{Blood plasma} (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood,
   in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended.


{Muscle plasma} (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle
   fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within
   the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle
   coagulates to a semisolid mass.

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