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plasma

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.

synonyms: blood plasma, plasm.

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Dutch: bloedplasma, plasma
Polish: osocze krwi, plazma

2 plasma

A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone.

Polish: plazma

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.

Dutch: plasma
Polish: plazma


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