Plasma definition

Plasma means the liquid portion of the blood in which the cells are suspended. Plasma may be separated from the cellular portion of a whole blood collection for therapeutic use as fresh-frozen plasma or further processed to cryoprecipitate and cryoprecipitate-depleted plasma for transfusion. It may be used for the manufacture of medicinal products derived from human blood and human plasma or used in the preparation of pooled platelets, or pooled, leucocyte-depleted platelets. It may also be used for re-suspension of red cell preparations for exchange transfusion or perinatal transfusion.
Plasma is a Greek word which means moldable, or without any definite shape. This lack of definite shape applies to plasma physics as well, because the plasma state is in reality contiguous to all three solid, liquid and gaseous states, which weakens its classification as the fourth state of matter in a one-dimensional classification. This is linked to the fact that this state may be realized with densities varying over more than 30 decades and temperatures varying over more than 7 decades. As a result there is a huge variety of plasma states, which sets complexity, and even complexities, at the very beginning of plasma theory. This chapter does not attempt to deal with this variety, but focuses on hot weakly collisional plasmas with relevance to astrophysics and especially thermonuclear fusion. Such plasmas are characterized by the fact that there are many particles in the Debye sphere, i.e. the sphere with a radius equal to the Debye length λD = [(ϵ0kBT )/(ne2)]1/2 where ϵ0 is the vacuum permittivity, kB is the Boltzmann constant,
Plasma means Recovered Plasma and Source Plasma collected in Canada;

Examples of Plasma in a sentence

  • BENEFICIARY : Institute for Plasma Research Nr. Indira BridgeBhat, Gandhinagar-382428 GujaratINDIA 4.

  • Successful tenderer will have to arrange insurance showing beneficiary as “Institute for Plasma Research” at their risk and cost towards adequate security for the materials/property provided/issued by the Purchaser as Free Issue Material for the due execution of the contract.

  • Während für die Diagnosestellung die quantitative Bestimmung der Urinausscheidung bevorzugt wird, ist bei klinischen Funktionstesten sowie zur Lokalisation eines Tumors die Katecholaminbestimmung im Plasma sinnvoll.

  • Plasma clearance of treprostinil was reduced up to 80% in subjects presenting with mild to moderate hepatic impairment.

  • Plasma total homocysteine and cysteine in relation to glomerular filtration rate in diabetes mellitus.


More Definitions of Plasma

Plasma means the cord blood plasma extracted during Separation.
Plasma means “Source Plasma” as defined by the FDA in 21 C.F.R. 640.60 that meets the definitions and specifications of Buyer set forth in Schedule 1 (as such specifications may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) (the “Specifications”), attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Plasma means human plasma containing RSV antibodies.
Plasma as used in this Agreement shall refer to the production of normal source plasma to be derived from automated plasmapheresis procedures conducted at the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and at European Authorities approved and IQPP-certified Plasma (when applicable) donor centers identified on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Centers”), which Centers shall be operated by SUPPLIER and/or third parties and shall be subject to GWWO’s approval, all of which Plasma, collected or purchased and released by SUPPLIER shall comply with the specifications set forth herein, specifically those specifications set forth in the quality agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B (hereafter, the “Quality Agreement”). The Parties shall enter into the Quality Agreement as soon as possible and in any event within 20 days of the Effective Date. As used herein, the term “European Authorities” refers to and includes the European Medicines Agency, the MHRA, GHA and other constituent organizations with and through which the European Medicines Agency regulates plasma and plasma donor centers. Plasma shall further include various types of specialty plasma collected by SUPPLIER, including tetanus plasma, anti-D plasma, anti-HBs plasma, and rabies plasma.
Plasma means Normal Source Plasma that meets the definitions and specifications set forth on Schedule 1.
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Plasma shall be collected and processed in accordance with the Regulations.