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Plasma
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The clear, yellowish, fluid part of the blood that carries the blood cells. The proteins that form blood clots are in plasma. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Plasma is the fluid (noncellular) portion of the circulating blood, as distinguished from the serum that is the fluid portion of the blood obtained by removal of the fibrin clot and blood cells after coagulation. (NCI Thesaurus)
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