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PLASMAS
Noun
plasmas
plural of plasma
Anagrams
• lampass
Source: Wiktionary
PLASMA
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
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