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Noun plasma has 3 senses

plasma, plasm - colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
--₁ is a kind of extracellular fluid, ECF
--₁ has substances: plasma protein; gamma globulin, human gamma globulin
--₁ has particulars: blood plasma
plasma - a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
--₂ is a kind of chalcedony, calcedony
plasma - (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"
--₃ is a kind of state of matter, state
--₃ has particulars: interplanetary gas