Noun: plasma plaz-mu
- The colourless 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 carries nutrients, hormones, and proteins throughout the body";
- plasm, blood plasma
- (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid, 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"
- A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
"The antique brooch featured a beautiful plasma stone"
Derived forms: plasmas
Type of: calcedony [archaic], chalcedony, ECF, extracellular fluid, state, state of matter
Encyclopedia: Plasma