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plasma
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[ noun ] (biology) colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
Used in print (M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)Several samples of citrated plasma were fractionated in our laboratory by Method 6 of Cohn et_al . These fractions were tested for ABO agglutinin activity , using fractions from group AB plasma as a control . A sample of Fraction * * f from group O plasma was dissolved in starting_buffer , dialyzed against this buffer and subjected to chromatography using the gradient shown in Fig. 2 . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)It has been suggested that the plasma thyroxine binding proteins , which have an extremely high affinity for thyroxine , compete with thyroglobulin for thyroxine ( Ingbar and Freinkel , 1957 ) . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Microscopically , both kidneys showed many small cortical scars in which there was glomerular and interstitial fibrosis , tubular atrophy , and an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells . |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) an electrically neutral ionized gas in an electric discharge; distinctly different from solids and liquids and normal gases
Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)In plasma generators as currently commercially available for industrial use or as high_temperature research tools often more than 50 % of the total energy input is being transferred to the cooling medium of the anode . In plasma generators the superimposed forced convection may modify the picture somewhat . The gas flow through a plasma generator will modify these conditions ; however , the anode is still the part receiving the largest heat flux . An attempt to improve the life of the anodes or the efficiency of the plasma generators must , therefore , aim at a reduction of the anode loss . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geology) a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
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[ noun ] (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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