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Plasma

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noun

(1) Fluid through which cellular components of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid are suspended.

(2) (medicine) Acellular, sterilized blood plasma that is used for transfusion.


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Plasma is the yellowish fluid in blood that makes up the 55% of the total blood volume. It consists of dissolved proteins, glucose, clotting factors, mineral ions, hormones and carbon dioxide. In the body, plasma serves as a medium to transport essential substances in blood.


Word origin: from Greek, from plassein, to mold

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