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plasma

/ˈplæzmə/noun2 syllables

Plasma means: 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.

Synonyms for plasma3

noun, as in 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

plasm, blood plasma

also used for plasma

plasmify

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What does plasma mean?3

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

2

a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

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”

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What rhymes with plasma?1

two syllables

asthma
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Plasma in a sentence

  • Blood consists of erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma.zwhzwh
  • The five states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, plasma, and cat.shekitten
  • Blood plasma is remarkably similar to sea water.Eccles17
  • Ribosomes and the plasma membrane are common structures in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.AlanF_US
  • Ziri cut the sheet metal with a plasma cutter.Amastan
  • Hypertonic and hypotonic crystalloids respectively contain more and less electrolytes than the plasma.Cangarejo
  • Plasma TVs used to be very expensive, but now they're much cheaper.Hybrid
  • A corona is an aura of plasma that surrounds the Sun and other stars.Adelpa

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Forms of plasma

as a noun

plural
plasmas