(from Free English dictionary site) plasma (pl z m ) also plasm (pl z m) n. 1. a.

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements. b. Blood plasma. 2. Medicine Cell free, sterilized blood plasma, used in transfusions. 3. !rotoplasm or cytoplasm. 4. The fluid portion of mil" from which the curd has been separated by coagulation# whey. 5. Physics $n electrically neutral, highly ionized gas composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. It is a phase of matter distinct from solids, li%uids, and normal gases. &'ew (atin, from (ate (atin, image, figure, from )ree", from plassein, to mold# see pel -* in Indo +uropean roots., plasmat ic (pl z m t "), plas mic ( m ") adj. (from Wi ipedia) Blood plasma is the straw-colored/pale-yellow liquid component of blood that normally holds the blood cells in whole blood in suspension. It makes up about 55% of total blood volume.[1 It is the intravascular fluid part of e!tracellular fluid "all body fluid outside of cells#.

(From abo!t.com) * / the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leu"ocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or li%uid 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, lea.ing a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons a green slightly translucent .ariety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

Chalcedony /k$l%s&d'ni/ is a cryptocrystalline form of silica( composed of very fine inter)rowths of the minerals quart* and mo)anite + )emstone or )em is a piece of mineral( which( in cut and polished form( is used to make ,ewelry or other adornments