Plasma

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Unorganized material; elementary matter.

II. Plasma ·noun A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

III. Plasma ·noun The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.

IV. Plasma ·noun 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.

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