plas·ma 
(plăzmə)
(plăzmə)n. also plasm (plăzəm)
1.
a. The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements.
b. Blood plasma, especially when sterilized and depleted of cells for transfusion.
2. Protoplasm or cytoplasm.
3. The fluid portion of milk from which the curd has been separated by coagulation; whey.
4. Physics An electrically neutral, highly ionized phase of matter composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. It is distinct from solids, liquids, and gases.
adj.
Of or relating to a flat-panel display used in televisions, made up of an array of tiny cells each containing a gaseous mixture of xenon and neon that is changed into a plasma state to illuminate a phosphor coating on the inside of the cell.
[New Latin, from Late Latin, image, figure, from Greek, from plassein, to mold; see pelə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
plas·matic (plăz-mătĭk), plasmic (-mĭk) adj.
- pragmatics
- pragmatic sanction
- pragmatism
- pragmatist
- pragmatistic
- Prague
- prahu
- prahu
- Praia
- prairie
- prairie chicken
- prairie dog
- prairie oyster
- Prairie Provinces
- Prairie School
- prairie schooner
- Prairie style
- prairie wolf
- praise
- praiser
- praiseworthily
- praiseworthiness
- praiseworthy
- Prajadhipok
- Prajadhipok