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BLOOD PLASMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blood plasma" is a kind of...):
ECF; extracellular fluid (liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid)
Meronyms (substance of "blood plasma"):
plasma protein (any of the proteins in blood plasma)
gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)
Context examples:
RNA that is found in blood plasma and is not associated with cells in the circulation.
(Circulating Cell-Free RNA, NCI Thesaurus)
Compared to the control group, glutamine- and antibiotic-treated piglets showed lower blood plasma levels of tumornecrosisfactoralpha, a biochemical marker of inflammation and immune system activity that can use energy and divert it from the animals’ growth needs.
(Antibiotic Alternative Scores Well in Second Round of Swine Trials, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, the enzymatic formation of the principal sterol of vertebrates in body tissues and blood plasma, an important component of cell membranes, the major precursor for the synthesis of vitamin D and steroid hormones, and an important substance for brain synapses and immune functions.
(Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)
