Category:Plasma

Plas"ma, n. Etym: [see plasm.]

1. (min.)

Defn: a variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek Green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much Esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.

2. (biol.)

Defn: the viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of Which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; Protoplasm.

3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.

4. (med.)

Defn: a mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for Ointments. U. S. Disp. Blood plasma (physiol.), the colorless fluid Of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are Suspended. -- muscle plasma (physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, A thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, Which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.