Main Entry:: plas·ma
Pronunciation:: \ˈplaz-mə\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: German, from Late Latin, something molded, from Greek, from plassein to mold — more at plaster
Date:: 1772

1: a green faintly translucent quartz2[New Latin, from Late Latin] a: the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk as distinguished from suspended material; especially : blood plasma b: the juice that can be expressed from muscle3: protoplasm4: a collection of charged particles (as in the atmospheres of stars or in a metal) containing about equal numbers of positive ions and electrons and exhibiting some properties of a gas but differing from a gas in being a good conductor of electricity and in being affected by a magnetic field5: a display (as a television screen) consisting of discrete cells of plasma sandwiched between two layers of glass and electrodes such that each cell emits light when it receives an electric current

— plas·mat·ic

\plaz-ˈma-tik\ adjective

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