plasma (redirected from Platelet-Rich Plasma)

plas·ma  (plzm) also plasm (plzm)

n.

1.

a. The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements.

b. Blood plasma.

2. Medicine Cell-free, sterilized blood plasma, used in transfusions.

3. Protoplasm or cytoplasm.

4. The fluid portion of milk from which the curd has been separated by coagulation; whey.

5. Physics An electrically neutral, highly ionized gas composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. It is a phase of matter distinct from solids, liquids, and normal gases.

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[New Latin, from Late Latin, image, figure, from Greek, from plassein, to mold; see pel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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plas·matic (plz-mtk), plasmic (-mk) adj.

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plasma

Noun

1. the clear yellowish fluid portion of blood which contains the corpuscles and cells

2. a sterilized preparation of such fluid, taken from the blood, for use in transfusions

3. a former name for protoplasm

4. Physics a hot ionized gas containing positive ions and free electrons [Greek: something moulded]

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plasma  (plzm)

1. See blood plasma.

2. Protoplasm or cytoplasm.

3. One of four main states of matter, similar to a gas, but consisting of positively charged ions with most or all of their detached electrons moving freely about. Plasmas are produced by very high temperatures, as in the Sun and other stars, and also by the ionization resulting from exposure to an electric current, as in a fluorescent light bulb or a neon sign. See more at state of matter.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plasma - the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended blood plasma, plasm ECF, extracellular fluid - liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid" plasma protein - any of the proteins in blood plasma gamma globulin, human gamma globulin - a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses
	2.	plasma - a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone calcedony, chalcedony - a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
	3.	plasma - (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" physical chemistry - the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances interplanetary gas - a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind state of matter, state - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"

Translations

plasma [ˈplæzmə] n → plasma m

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plasma [ˈplæzmə] n → plasma m

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plasma [ˈplæzmə] n → Plasma nt

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plasma [ˈplæzmə] n → plasma m