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Definitions for Plasma

[1] Anatomy , Physiology . the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
[2] Cell Biology . cytoplasm.
[3] whey.
[4] a green, faintly translucent chalcedony.
[5] Physics . a highly ionized gas containing an approximately equal number of positive ions and electrons.
[6] the clear yellowish fluid portion of blood or lymph in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended
[7] short for blood plasma
[8] a former name for protoplasm, cytoplasm
[9] physics a hot ionized material consisting of nuclei and electrons. It is sometimes regarded as a fourth state of matter and is the material present in the sun, most stars, and fusion reactors the ionized gas in an electric discharge or spark, containing positive ions and electrons and a small number of negative ions together with un-ionized material
[10] a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
[11] a less common term for whey

Words related to Plasma

juice, beef, muscle, meat, fat, clot, gore, hemoglobin, claret, weight, brawn, food, fatness, corpuscles, cells, plasm, protoplasm, cruor

Words nearby Plasma

plaque, plash, plashy, plasm, plasm-, plasma, plasma accelerator globulin, plasma ball, plasma cell, plasma cell leukemia, plasma cell mastitis

Origin of Plasma

1705–15; < Late Latin < Greek plásma something molded or formed, akin to plássein to form, mold. See plastic

Other words from Plasma

plas·mat·ic [plaz-mat -ik] /plæzˈmæt ɪk/ , plas·mic , adjective
plas•mat′ ic (plăz-măt′ ĭk ) null adj.

Word origin for Plasma

C18: from Late Latin: something moulded, from Greek, from plassein to mould

Synonyms for Plasma

juice, claret, clot, gore, hemoglobin, cruor, sanguine fluid, vital fluid