/
ˈplazmə/
n.
- the colourless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended.
- Physics a gas of positive ions and free electrons with little or no overall electric charge.
- a bright green translucent ornamental variety of quartz.
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(also plasm
/ˈplaz(ə)m/
)
cytoplasm or protoplasm.
Derivative
- plasmatic adj.
- plasmic adj.
Etymology
C18 (in the sense ‘mould, shape’): from late L., from Gk plasma, from plassein ‘to shape’.