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blood plasma
noun
- the plasma or liquid portion of human blood.
blood plasma
noun
- the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
- a sterilized preparation of this fluid for use in transfusions
blood plasma
- The clear, liquid part of the blood, composed mainly of water and proteins, in which the blood cells are suspended. The blood plasma of mammals also contains platelets.
Word History and Origins
Origin of blood plasma1
Example Sentences
It’s well known that repeated exposure to heat triggers a series of physiological changes like enhanced sweating and increased blood plasma volume that make us better at dealing with hot conditions.
She donated blood plasma twice, hoping to aid others who become infected.
Most notably, the Conboy Laboratory at UC Berkeley has shown that molecules circulating in the blood plasma of elderly humans and mice make our tissues display signs of age.
With this added immediate support from a survivor’s blood plasma—known as high-antibody-titer convalescent plasma—many patients report improvement in a few days.
Steadman and other blood plasma workers feared a new level of risk as donors came in from the street and attested that they had been symptom-free for 14 days.
Lymph, then, is practically blood plasma plus some colorless corpuscles.
All nose lotions should be alkaline, and isotonic with the blood plasma.
There are many insects which likewise possess a poisonous blood plasma.
They live in the blood-plasma and do not attack the corpuscles.
The blood-corpuscles are large amoebiform cells, and the blood-plasma is coloured blue by haemocyanin.
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