Plasma Definition & Meaning

plasma
noun
  1. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
  2. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
  3. (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"

"Plasma" in song lyrics

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  • "Lethal short limb, dwarfism, draining crimson plasma"
    7L and Esoteric f/ Virtuoso — Headswell
  • "Pale, Arcadian moon, high-definition, flat plasma"
    Aesop Rock — Citronella
  • "Supernatural, the Y factors in my blood plasma"
    Tha Beggas — Supernatural (Premix)

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