Meaning & Definition of Plasma in English
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Plasma
/plæzmə/
noun
1. 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
synonym:
- plasma,
- plasm,
- blood plasma
2. A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
synonym:
- plasma
3. (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"
synonym:
- plasma