- plasma, plasm - colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
--1 is a kind of extracellular fluid, ECF
--1 has substances: plasma protein; gamma globulin, human gamma globulin
--1 has particulars: blood plasma - plasma - a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
--2 is a kind of chalcedony, calcedony
- 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"
--3 is a kind of state of matter, state
--3 has particulars: interplanetary gas - 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"