the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk in which material such as corpuscles, fat globules, and other cells are suspended
a sterilized preparation made from the plasma of donated blood and used in transfusions. Also called blood plasma
protoplasm or cytoplasm
a former name for protoplasm or cytoplasm
a highly ionized gas containing approximately equal numbers of positive ions and electrons
a green variety of chalcedony used as a semiprecious gemstone
plasmatic /plazʹmatik/ adj
plasmic adj
[late Latin plasma mould, image, from Greek plassein to mould]