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1 the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended. � this substance taken from donors or donated blood for administering in transfusions. 2 an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons in proportions resulting in more or less no overall electric charge, typically at low pressures (as in the upper atmosphere and in fluorescent lamps) or at very high temperatures (as in stars and nuclear fusion reactors). � an analogous substance consisting of mobile charged particles (such as a molten salt or the electrons within a metal). 3 a dark green, translucent variety of quartz used in mosaic and for other decorative purposes. 4 another term for cytoplasm or protoplasm . DERIVATIVES plasmatic |-?mat?k| adjective plasmic adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.(in the sense [mold, shape] ): from late Latin, literally �mold,� from Greek plasma, from plassein �to shape.�
1 the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended. � this substance taken from donors or donated blood for administering in transfusions. 2 an ionized gas consisting of positive ions and free electrons in proportions resulting in more or less no overall electric charge, typically at low pressures (as in the upper atmosphere and in fluorescent lamps) or at very high temperatures (as in stars and nuclear fusion reactors). � an analogous substance consisting of mobile charged particles (such as a molten salt or the electrons within a metal). 3 a dark green, translucent variety of quartz used in mosaic and for other decorative purposes. 4 another term for cytoplasm or protoplasm . DERIVATIVES plasmatic |-?mat?k| adjective plasmic adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.(in the sense [mold, shape] ): from late Latin, literally �mold,� from Greek plasma, from plassein �to shape.�