plasma
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- extracellular fluid hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plasma protein substance meronym
- gamma globulin substance meronym
Sense 2 noun
a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
Types & categories
- chalcedony hypernym
Sense 3 noun
(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
particles in space exist in the form of a plasma
Types & categories
- state of matter hypernym
- interplanetary gas hyponym
Related & opposite
- physical chemistry domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | plasma protein |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | gamma globulin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | extracellular fluid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chalcedony |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physical chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | state of matter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | interplanetary gas |