Plasma Definition
plăzmə
plasm
noun
A green, somewhat translucent variety of chalcedony.
Webster's New World
The fluid part of blood, lymph, milk, or intramuscular liquid; esp., the fluid part of blood, as distinguished from the corpuscles, used for transfusions.
Webster's New World
Blood plasma, especially when sterilized and depleted of cells for transfusion.
American Heritage Medicine
Protoplasm or cytoplasm.
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Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating or of a flat-screen, high-definition video display consisting of a grid of tiny, gas-filled fluorescent cells that emit colors of varying intensities as the gas is ionized by an electrical signal.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Plasma
Noun
Singular:
plasma
Plural:
plasmasOrigin of Plasma
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New Latin from Late Latin image, figure from Greek from plassein to mold pelə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plasma, “something formed")
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