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plasma
Pronunciation (plaz′mă)
- The proteinaceous fluid (noncellular) portion of the circulating blood, as distinguished from the serum obtained after coagulation. Syn: blood plasma
- The fluid portion of the lymph.
- The fluid in which the fat droplets of milk are suspended.
- A “fourth state of matter” in which, owing to elevated temperature, atoms have broken down to form free electrons and more-or-less stripped nuclei; produced in the laboratory in connection with hydrogen fusion (thermonuclear) research.
- Highly ionized gas.
Syn: plasm
[G. something formed]
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