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| substances remaining from the excretory processes that cannot be used by the organism |
| produced by a predecessor protein or in response to the presence of foreign material in the body |
| blood plasma | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed |
| 2. | a sterilized preparation of this fluid for use in transfusions |
blood plasma n.
The yellow or gray-yellow, protein-containing fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells and platelets are normally suspended.
| 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. |