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plasma - 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 |
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ecf,
extracellular fluid liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid"
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plasma protein any of the proteins in blood plasma
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gamma globulin,
human gamma globulin a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses
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plasma - (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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state,
state of matter the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
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physical chemistry the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances
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interplanetary gas a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind
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plasma - a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone |
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calcedony,
chalcedony a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
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