plasma
n. பசும்படிக்கக் கல் வகை, நிணநீர், குருதியில் நுண்ணிழைமங்கள் மிதப்பற்குரிய அடிப்படை ஊனீர்க்கூறு, உயிர்மத்தின் ஊன்மக்கூறு.
Plas"ma, n. Etym: [See Plasm.] 1. (Min.) Defn: A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. 2. (Biol.) Defn: The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm. 3. Unorganized material; elementary matter. 4. (Med.) Defn: A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. U. S. Disp. Blood plasma (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended. -- Muscle plasma (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.