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English

Etymology

From Late Latin plasma (literally “mold”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (plásma, “something formed”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: pl?z'm?, IPA^(key): /?plæzm?/
• enPR: pläz'm?, IPA^(key): /?plazm?/

Noun

plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

1. (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons
2. (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin
3. (hematology) Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions
4. (mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
5. (medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
6. (computer graphics, demoscene) A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
   • 1999, "Rage Matrix", Coding plasma demos....HELP! (on newsgroup comp.programming)

     Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?

Derived terms

• plasmapheresis
• preplasma

Related terms

• plasmic

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Plasma”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “plasma”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Malpas, Palmas, lampas, palmas

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?plaz.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?plaz.ma/

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmes)

1. plasma

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?plasma]
• Hyphenation: plas?ma

Noun

plasma n

1. Alternative form of plazma

Declension

Noun

plasma f

1. Alternative form of plazma

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?s.ma?/
• Hyphenation: plas?ma

Noun

plasma n (plural plasma's)

1. (physics) plasma, dense ionised gas
2. (biology, medicine) blood plasma

   Synonym: bloedplasma

3. (biology) cytoplasm

   Synonyms: celplasma, cytoplasma

4. (mineralogy) plasma, dark green type of quartz

Derived terms

• bloedplasma
• celplasma

Related terms

• cytoplasma
• plasmatisch
• plasma-tv

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: plasma

Finnish

Noun

plasma

1. (biology, physics, hematology) plasma

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plas.ma/

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. plasma (all senses)

Icelandic

Noun

plasma n (genitive singular plasma, no plural)

1. (physics) plasma

Declension

See also

• blóðvökvi (“blood plasma”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch plasma, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (plásma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?plas.ma]
• Hyphenation: plas?ma

Noun

plasma (first-person possessive plasmaku, second-person possessive plasmamu, third-person possessive plasmanya)

1. plasma:
   1. (physics) a state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
   2. (medicine, hematology) blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions.
2. (agriculture) farmers (planters) who are part of the agricultural business system (plantation) who are in charge of carrying out the production process and supplying their products to the factory (which acts as the nucleus), while the production costs and facilities are provided by the factory.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “plasma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)

1. (physics, hematology) plasma

Declension

Derived terms

• plasma fola, fuilphlasma
• taispeáint phlasma

Mutation

Italian

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmi)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

Related terms

• plasma sanguigno
• plasmatico
• schermo al plasma

Verb

plasma

1. third-person singular present indicative of plasmare
2. second-person singular imperative of plasmare

Anagrams

• spalma

Latin

Verb

plasm?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plasm?

References

• plasma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plasma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (plásma)

Noun

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

References

• “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (plásma)

Noun

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

References

• “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (biology) plasma
2. (physics) plasma
3. plasma TV

Spanish

Etymology

From German Plasma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plasma/, [?plaz.ma]

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

Verb

plasma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of plasmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of plasmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of plasmar.

English

Alternative forms

• haematocrit

Etymology

From hemato- (“blood”) +? Ancient Greek ?????? (krit?s, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??mæt.?k.??t/

Noun

hematocrit (countable and uncountable, plural hematocrits)

1. (medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.

   Synonyms: Ht, (abbreviation) HCT

2. (medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.

Translations

Further reading

• hematocrit at OneLook Dictionary Search
• hematocrit, haematocrit at Google Ngram Viewer
• hematocrit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chromatite

Romanian

Etymology

From French hématocrite

Noun

hematocrit n (plural hematocrite)

1. hematocrit

Declension