plasma

From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæzmə/, enPR: plăz'mə

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• Rhymes: -æzmə

plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

2. (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.

   plasma arc cutter;   plasma cutter

   • 2020, Don Lincoln, The Large Hadron Collider, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 198:

     Oxygen and hydrogen nuclei are intermixed with free electrons. The whole mix is electrically neutral. This is actually considered a new stage of matter called a plasma. You can see an example of an electrically produced plasma in a fluorescent light bulb or in a plasma television.

4. (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.

   blood plasma;   lymph plasma

6. (mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
   • 1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim:

     hair-pins of jade, ivory, and plasma

8. (medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
9. (biology, archaic) Protoplasm.
11. (computer graphics, demoscene) A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
    • 1999, Rage Matrix, “Coding plasma demos....HELP!”, in comp.programming (Usenet):

      Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?

    • 2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: The Brief History of the Demoscene, volume 1, page 126:

      However, it displayed some unique copper magic routines and plasma effects.

    • Jonathan Weinel, Explosions in the Mind (page 139)

      This creates the classic 'plasma' effect seen in many demoscene videos.

• plasmic

plasma (third-person singular simple present plasmas, present participle plasmaing, simple past and past participle plasmaed)

1. (science fiction, transitive) To transform something into plasma.

   Synonym: plasmify

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Plasma”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “plasma”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

• Malpas, Palmas, lampas, palmas

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplaz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplaz.ma]

plasma m (plural plasmes)

1. plasma

plasma

1. inflection of plasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈplasma]
• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma n

1. dated form of plazma

plasma f

1. dated form of plazma

• “plasma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “plasma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑs.maː/

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• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma n (plural plasma's, no diminutive)

1. (physics) plasma, dense ionised gas
2. (biology, medicine) blood plasma

   Synonym: bloedplasma

3. (biology) cytoplasm

   Synonyms: celplasma, cytoplasma

4. (mineralogy) plasma, dark green type of quartz

• bloedplasma
• celplasma

• cytoplasma
• plasmatisch
• plasma-tv

• → Indonesian: plasma

Internationalism (see English plasma), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑsmɑ/, [ˈplɑ̝s̠mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): plas‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): plas‧ma

plasma

1. (biology, physics, hematology) plasma

• “plasma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /plas.ma/

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plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. plasma (all senses)

• → Turkish: plazma

• “plasma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

plasma n (genitive singular plasma, no plural)

1. (physics) plasma

• blóðvökvi (“blood plasma”)

From Dutch plasma, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas.ma]
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma (plural plasma-plasma)

1. plasma:
   1. (physics) a state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons
   2. (medicine, hematology) blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions
2. (agriculture) farmers (planters) who are part of the agricultural business system (plantation) who are in charge of carrying out the production process and supplying their products to the factory (which acts as the nucleus), while the production costs and facilities are provided by the factory

• “plasma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)

1. (physics, hematology) plasma

• plasma fola, fuilphlasma
• taispeáint phlasma

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaz.ma/
• Rhymes: -azma
• Hyphenation: plà‧sma

plasma m (plural plasmi)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• plasma sanguigno
• plasmatico
• schermo al plasma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plasma

1. inflection of plasmare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• spalma

plasmā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plasmō

• “plasma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "plasma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (biology) plasma
2. (physics) plasma
3. plasma TV

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plasma

1. inflection of plasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “plasma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “plasma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasma/ [ˈplaz.ma]

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• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: plas‧ma

Borrowed from German Plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

plasma

1. inflection of plasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “plasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

plasma n or c

2. (neuter or common, countable) plasma (high energy state of matter)
4. (common, uncountable) ellipsis of blodplasma (“blood plasma”)
6. (common, uncountable) ellipsis of cytoplasma (“cytoplasm”)

• “plasma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Borrowed from English plasma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasma/

plasma m (plural plasmâu)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

Trawsnewidiadau gwedd mater (layout · text)

i o	solid	hylif	nwy	plasma
solid		toddiad	sychdarthiad
hylif	rhewiad		anweddiad, tarthiad
nwy	dyddodiad	cyddwysiad		ïoneiddiad
plasma			ailgyfuniad

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “plasma”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies