PLASMA

plasma, plasm, blood plasma

(noun) 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

plasma

(noun) (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; “particles in space exist in the form of a plasma”

plasma

(noun) a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons

(hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin

(hematology) Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions

(mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.

(medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

(computer graphics, demoscene) A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.

Anagrams

• Malpas, Palmas, lampas, palmas

Source: Wiktionary

Plas"ma, n. Etym: [See Plasm.]

1. (Min.)

Definition: A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.

3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.

4. (Med.)

Definition: A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. U. S. Disp. Blood plasma (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended.

– Muscle plasma (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition