1712, "form, shape" (earlier plasm), from Late Latin plasma, from Greek plasma "something molded or created," hence "image, figure; counterfeit, forgery; formed style, affectation," from plassein "to mold," originally "to spread thin," from PIE *plath-yein, from root *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" (see plane (n.1)). Sense of "liquid part of blood" is from 1845; that of "ionized gas" is 1928.
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1. Keep some blood plasma back for the serious cases.
いくつかの血漿を重症番号に残しておく。
2.He is very interested in plasma physics.
プラズマ物理学に興味を持っている。
3.The plasma is the liquid portion of blood that is free of cells.
血漿は血液の液体部分であり、各種細胞は含まれていない。
4.The albumin fraction of plasma protein is of the greatest significance.
血漿蛋白質のアルブミン部分の意味が最も大きい。
5.Virus activity deteriorates in plasma stored at room temperature.