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noun
A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hematology, medicine, sciences
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noun
A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Protoplasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, demoscene, engineering, lifestyle, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To transform something into plasma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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Synonyms: plasmify
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: plasm, blood plasma
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extracellular fluid, ECF
noun
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state of matter, state
Narrower terms: interplanetary gas
noun
a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chalcedony, calcedony
History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *pláthyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).
Across languages
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