plasma

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105410770)
    is a type of: ecf, extracellular fluid - liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid
    substance holonym:
    same as: blood plasma, plasm
  2. A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone (synset 115016732)
    is a type of: calcedony, chalcedony - a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
  3. (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 (synset 114505095)
    "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"
    referred to in: physical chemistry - the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances
    is a type of: state, state of matter - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
    subtypes: interplanetary gas - a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind

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