plasm

plasm

 [plazm]

1. plasma.

2. a formative substance; used as a word element in terms such as cytoplasm and hyaloplasm.

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plas·ma

(plaz'mă),

1. The proteinaceous fluid (noncellular) portion of the circulating blood, as distinguished from the serum obtained after coagulation. Synonym(s): blood plasma

2. The fluid portion of the lymph.

3. The fluid in which the fat droplets of milk are suspended.

4. A "fourth state of matter" in which, owing to elevated temperature, atoms have broken down to form free electrons and more-or-less stripped nuclei; produced in the laboratory in connection with hydrogen fusion (thermonuclear) research.

5. Highly ionized gas.

Synonym(s): plasm

[G. something formed]

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-plasm

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plas·ma

(plaz'mă)

1. The fluid (noncellular) portion of the circulating blood, as distinguished from the serum obtained after coagulation.
Synonym(s): blood plasma.

2. The fluid portion of the lymph.

3. A "fourth state of matter" in which, owing to elevated temperature (about 10⁶ degrees), atoms have broken down to form free electrons and more or less stripped nuclei; produced in the laboratory in connection with hydrogen fusion (thermonuclear) research.
Synonym(s): plasm.

[G. something formed]

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