Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Plasma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plasma \Plas"ma\, n. [See {Plasm}.]
1. (Min.) 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.) 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.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a
substitute for ointments. --U. S. Disp.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plasma
n 1: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no
cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and
platelets are suspended [syn: {plasm}]
2: a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a
gemstone
3: an electrically neutral ionized gas in an electric
discharge; distinctly different from solids and liquids
and normal gases
4: (physical chemistry) the gaseous state of hot ionized
material consisting of ions and electrons and present in
the stars and fusion reactors: sometimes regarded as a
fourth state of matter distinct from normal gasses
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