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PLASMA

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There are 8 entries related to PLASMA in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does PLASMA mean?
pronunciation
Meaning no. 1/3 (3 senses as a noun): Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended

2. What does PLASMA CELL mean?
pronunciation
It's a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood

3. What does BLOOD PLASMA mean?
pronunciation
Plasma that separates from blood in coagulation

4. What does PLASMA PHYSICS mean?
pronunciation
The branch of physics concerned with matter in its plasma phase

5. What does PLASMA PROTEIN mean?
pronunciation
Any of the proteins in blood plasma

6. What does PLASMA MEMBRANE mean?
pronunciation
It's a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell

7. What does PLASMA THROMBOPLASTIN ANTECEDENT mean?
definition
Coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency

8. What does INTERSTITIAL PLASMA CELL PNEUMONIA mean?
definition
Pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)


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