Plasma

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Plasma may refer to:

  • Blood plasma, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended
  • milk plasma (or Whey), the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained
  • Plasma (KDE), a reimplementation and redesign of the KDE free desktop environment for Linux
  • Plasma (physics), an ionized gas, usually considered to be a distinct state of matter
  • Plasma, bright green chalcedony, sometimes found with small spots of jasper resembling blood drops
  • Plasma display, a flat-panel electronic visual display technology
  • Plasma effect, a computer-based animated visual effect, used in graphics demonstrations
  • plasma lamp, novelty items which were most popular in the 1980s
  • In cell biology:
    • Cytoplasm, a water-like substance that fills cells
    • Germ plasm, describe the genetic resources, or more precisely the DNA of an organism
    • Nucleoplasm, a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli
    • Protoplasm, the living substance inside the cell
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