| NOUN | body | plasma, plasm, blood plasma | 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 |
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| substance | plasma | a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone | |
| state | plasma | (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid / liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors |
| Sounds | plae'zmah | |
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| Rhymes | Alabama ... Yuma: 82 rhymes with mah... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | plasm, blood plasma | |
| Broader | extracellular fluid, ECF | liquid / liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid / liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid |
| Substances | gamma globulin, human gamma globulin | A plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses |
| plasma protein | Any of the proteins in blood plasma | |
| Spanish | plasma, plasma sanguíneo | |
| Catalan | plasma, plasma sanguini | |
| Meaning | A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone. | |
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| Broader | chalcedony, calcedony | A milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz |
| Spanish | plasma | |
| Catalan | plasma | |
| Meaning | (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid / 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. | |
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| Example | "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma" | |
| Category | physical chemistry | The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances |
| Narrower | interplanetary gas | A rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind |
| Broader | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
| Spanish | plasma | |
| Catalan | plasma | |
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