plasma


Definition: Meaning of, plasma in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈplazmə /

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  1. the yellowish liquid part of blood that contains the blood cells
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  2. technical the living substance inside a cell [=  protoplasm]
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  3. technical a gas that contains about the same numbers of positive and negative electric CHARGE s and is found in the sun and most stars
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plasma used in phrases

  • blood plasma (noun)
    1. erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes the colourless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended
  • interstitial plasma cell pneumonia (noun)
    1. as AIDS victims pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems
  • plasma cell (noun)
    1. a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood
  • plasma membrane (noun)
    1. like sodium, potassium or calcium a double layer of lipids a thin membrane enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions in and out of the cell
  • plasma physics (noun)
    1. the branch of physics concerned with matter in its plasma phase
  • plasma protein (noun)
    1. any of the proteins in blood plasma
  • plasma screen (noun)
    1. a type of television or computer screen that is wider and taller than most regular screens, but that shows pictures using a different type of technology which makes it possible for the screen to be thinner than other types of screens
  • plasma thromboplastin antecedent (noun)
    1. coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency
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