Meaning & use
plasma
The pale yellow liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and proteins through the body.
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Doctors transfused donated plasma into the patient to help her blood clot properly.
Plasma makes up more than half of the total volume of human blood.
A note on using this word
In physics, "plasma" also names a fourth state of matter made of ionized gas, distinct from its medical meaning.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An ionized gas containing free electrons and ions, considered a fourth state of matter.
The sun's outer layers consist mostly of superheated plasma.
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