English Explanatory Dictionary

plasma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
  2. A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.
  3. A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
  4. A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
  5. Protoplasm.
  6. A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
verb
  1. To transform something into plasma.

Pronunciation

/ˈplæzmə/ plăz'mə en-us-plasma.ogg

Word forms

plasma plasmas plasmata plasmaing plasmaed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).

Synonyms

plasmify

Related words

plasmic

Derived words

antiplasma bioplasma blood plasma burning nuclear plasma burning plasma convalescent plasma dusty plasma glasma haemoplasma hemoplasma human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity hydroplasma hyperplasma laser-plasma accelerator lymphoplasma magnetoplasma microplasma mycoplasma nanoplasma nuclear plasma ovoplasma phytoplasma plasma acceleration plasma accelerator plasmablast plasma cell plasmacyte plasma display plasmadynamics plasmagenic plasma globe plasma lamp plasmalemma plasmaless plasmalike plasma membrane plasmapause plasmapheresis plasma physics plasmaphysics plasma rifle plasma screen plasmasonic plasmasphere plasma therapy plasmatron plasma wakefield acceleration plasma wakefield accelerator plasmid plasmin plasmogamy plasmogen plasmogenous plasmoid plasmon preplasma quark-gluon plasma subplasma superplasma
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