Defn: 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.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
3. Unorganized material; elementary matter.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. U. S. Disp. Blood plasma (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended. — Muscle plasma (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle coagulates to a semisolid mass.
PLASMATIC; PLASMATICAL
Plas*mat"ic, Plas*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
1. Forming; shaping; molding. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.