blood plasma
noun
: the pale yellow fluid of whole blood that consists of water and its dissolved constituents including especially proteins (such as albumin, fibrinogen, and globulins)
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Glucagon is also responsible for maintaining blood plasma levels of glucose, like insulin is.
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
In response to claims that blood plasma from young donors could treat dementia, the Food and Drug administration released a warning in 2019, saying that this technique has not been clinically proven to be beneficial or safe.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
She’s been living off her savings, selling her blood plasma and frequenting food pantries just to get by — all while taking care of a teenage son.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 July 2023
The researchers sampled a total of 113 redfish in the summer of 2022 in nine estuaries throughout the state, taking muscle and blood plasma samples and analyzing them for 94 pharmaceuticals.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
Adrian Collins This idea that water—which constitutes more than half our bodies and 90 percent of our blood plasma—holds the key to some kind of metamorphosis is irresistible to me.
—Women's Health, 31 July 2023
Convalescent plasma therapy is an experimental treatment in which blood plasma from recovered patients, which contains coronavirus antibodies, is transfused with the blood of a patient suffering from the illness.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2020
In the meantime, experts say antibody tests are useful for two things: Large studies in the general population to see how widely the coronavirus has spread, and screening people who may be able to donate their antibody-rich blood plasma, which is used as an experimental treatment for COVID-19.
—Matthew Perrone, Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
Trump called a news conference to announce his administration has granted emergency use authorization for treatment using blood plasma, though more than 70,000 patients have already received it on an experimental basis.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2020
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
In response to claims that blood plasma from young donors could treat dementia, the Food and Drug administration released a warning in 2019, saying that this technique has not been clinically proven to be beneficial or safe.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
She’s been living off her savings, selling her blood plasma and frequenting food pantries just to get by — all while taking care of a teenage son.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 July 2023
The researchers sampled a total of 113 redfish in the summer of 2022 in nine estuaries throughout the state, taking muscle and blood plasma samples and analyzing them for 94 pharmaceuticals.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
Adrian Collins This idea that water—which constitutes more than half our bodies and 90 percent of our blood plasma—holds the key to some kind of metamorphosis is irresistible to me.
—Women's Health, 31 July 2023
Convalescent plasma therapy is an experimental treatment in which blood plasma from recovered patients, which contains coronavirus antibodies, is transfused with the blood of a patient suffering from the illness.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2020
In the meantime, experts say antibody tests are useful for two things: Large studies in the general population to see how widely the coronavirus has spread, and screening people who may be able to donate their antibody-rich blood plasma, which is used as an experimental treatment for COVID-19.
—Matthew Perrone, Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
Trump called a news conference to announce his administration has granted emergency use authorization for treatment using blood plasma, though more than 70,000 patients have already received it on an experimental basis.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2020
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1842, in the meaning defined above
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blood plasma
noun
: the fluid portion of whole blood
Medical Definition
blood plasma
noun
: the pale yellow fluid portion of whole blood that consists of water and its dissolved constituents including proteins (as albumin, fibrinogen, and globulins), electrolytes (as sodium and chloride), sugars (as glucose), lipids (as cholesterol and triglycerides), metabolic waste products (as urea), amino acids, hormones, and vitamins compare serum entry 1 sense a(1)
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