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Plasmas
- noun - (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"
- a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
- 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
Plasmic
- - Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.
Plasmid
- noun - a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Plasmin
- noun - an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
Plasmon
- unknown - The total of the genetic material in a cell.
Plassey
- noun - the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal
Plasson
- - The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.
Plaster
- noun - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- apply a heavy coat to
- apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
- coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She l
Plastic
- adjective - a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?"
- capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay"
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Plastid
- noun - any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein