plas·ma (pl z m ) 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. [New Latin, from Late Latin, image, figure, from Greek, from plassein, to mold; see pel -2 in Indo-European roots.]plas·mat ic (plz-mt k), plasmic (-mk) adj. |
plasma [ˈplæzmə], plasm
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the clear yellowish fluid portion of blood or lymph in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) short for blood plasma
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a former name for protoplasm, cytoplasm
4. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) Physics
a. a hot ionized material consisting of nuclei and electrons. It is sometimes regarded as a fourth state of matter and is the material present in the sun, most stars, and fusion reactors
b. the ionized gas in an electric discharge or spark, containing positive ions and electrons and a small number of negative ions together with un-ionized material
5. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
6. (Cookery) a less common term for whey
[from Late Latin: something moulded, from Greek, from plassein to mould]
plasmatic [plæzˈmætɪk], plasmic adj
| 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. |
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| 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 suspendedECF, 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
n plasma [ˈplӕzmə]
the liquid part of blood and certain other fluids produced by the body. plasma بْلازما плазма plazma plasma das Plasma πλάσμα αίματος plasma plasma پلاسما veriplasma plasma פְּלָסמָה हरा बिलौर, रक्त प्लाविका plazma (vér)plazma plasma blóðvökvi plasma 血しょう 혈장 plazma plazma plasma bloedplasma plasma plazma plasma plasmă плазма plazma plazma plazma plasma พลาสมา plâzma 血漿 плазма خون کا بے رنگ رقيق مادہ huyết tương 血浆
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