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English noun: plasma | |||
| 1. | plasma (body) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ECF, extracellular fluid | ||
| Substance holonym | gamma globulin, human gamma globulin, plasma protein | ||
| 2. | plasma (substance) a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calcedony, chalcedony | ||
| 3. | plasma (state) (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 | ||
| Samples | Particles in space exist in the form of a plasma. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state, state of matter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | interplanetary gas | ||
| Domain category | physical chemistry | ||
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