plas·ma
noun/ˈplæzmə/
/ˈplæzmə/
(also plasm
[uncountable]/ˈplæzəm/
/ˈplæzəm/
)- (biology or medical) the clear liquid part of blood, in which the blood cells, etc. float
Topics Bodyc2血浆 - (physics) a gas that contains approximately equal numbers of positive and negative electric charges and is present in the sun and most stars
Topics Physics and chemistryc2等离子体
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘mould, shape’): from late Latin, literally ‘mould’, from Greek plasma, from plassein ‘to shape’.