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plasma

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

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Word length
6
Starts with
P
Ends with
A
Contains
LA
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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ˈplæzmə

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noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. (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”

noun

  1. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

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particles in space exist in the form of a plasma

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