blood plasma 名詞
 血漿


 Plas·ma n.
 1. Min. A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.
 2. Biol. The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
 3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.
 4. Med. A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
 Blood plasma Physiol., the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended.  It may be obtained by centrifuation of blood to remove the blood cells.  It is distinguished from serum in that plasma still has the fibrin of blood, and may be clotted, while in serum the fibrin has been removed.
 Muscle plasma Physiol., the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.

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 blood plasma
      n : plasma that separates from blood in coagulation