Definition of Plama
Plas"ma (?), n. [See Plasm.]
1. (Min.) 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.) 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.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A fundamental state of matter that consists of highly energetic charged particles. It can only be contained in a magnetic field or another type of energy container. Plasma can be created from superheated gas.
- A component of blood that assists in clotting and injury repair.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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