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plasma
in biology
  1. Fluid component of blood in which the blood cells and platelets are suspended. Synonym: blood plasma
  2. Fluid component of semen produced by the accessory glands, the seminal vesicles, the prostate, and the bulbo-urethral glands.
  3. Cell substance outside the nucleus, i.e., the cytoplasm.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 1033 (Glossary of terms used in toxicokinetics (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 1065
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/PT06839.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/PT06839.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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