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blood plasma
noun
- the plasma or liquid portion of human blood.
blood plasma
noun
- the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
- a sterilized preparation of this fluid for use in transfusions
blood plasma
- The clear, liquid part of the blood, composed mainly of water and proteins, in which the blood cells are suspended. The blood plasma of mammals also contains platelets.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blood plasma1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Lymph, then, is practically blood plasma plus some colorless corpuscles.
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All nose lotions should be alkaline, and isotonic with the blood plasma.
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There are many insects which likewise possess a poisonous blood plasma.
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They live in the blood-plasma and do not attack the corpuscles.
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The blood-corpuscles are large amoebiform cells, and the blood-plasma is coloured blue by haemocyanin.
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