DICTOMETER

PLASMA

1. Synonyms:
   • Plasma
   • Plasm
   • Blood plasma
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Plasma
   Definitions:
   • a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Plasma
   Definitions:
   • (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
   Examples:
   • Particles in space exist in the form of a plasma