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plasma-(2)(dictionary)
plasma(encyclopedia)
Plasma(medicine)
plasma(dictionary)
Plasma(health)
plasma containment(medicine)
plasma cell(medicine)
plasma exchange(medicine)
plasma substitute(medicine)

plasma-(2) (iou)



plasma- combining form.
[from PLASMA.]
Chiefly Biology & Physics. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of plasma. Cf. PLASMO-.
plasmablast noun = PLASMOBLAST L20.
plasma'cellular adjective (Physiology) of or pertaining to plasma cells M20.
plasmagel noun (Biology) cytoplasm in the form of a gel, esp. surrounding the plasmasol in an amoeboid cell E20.
plasmagene noun (Biology) a cytoplasmic entity having some properties of a gene M20.
plasmapause noun (Physics) the outer limit of a plasmasphere, marked by a sudden change in plasma density M20.
plasmasol noun (Biology) cytoplasm in the form of a sol, such as forms the central regions of an amoeboid cell, within the plasmagel E20.
plasmasphere noun (Physics) the roughly toroidal region surrounding and thought to rotate with the earth (or another planet) at latitudes away from the poles, containing a relatively dense plasma of low-energy electrons and protons M20.
plasma'spheric adjective of or pertaining to a plasmasphere L20.