BLOOD PLASMA Definition & Meaning

blood plasma

noun

the plasma or liquid portion of human blood.

blood plasma

noun

the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
a sterilized preparation of this fluid for use in transfusions

blood plasma

The clear, liquid part of the blood, composed mainly of water and proteins, in which the blood cells are suspended. The blood plasma of mammals also contains platelets.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of blood plasma¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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A patient from Telford who needed a lifesaving treatment developed from blood plasma has thanked donors.

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He started donating his blood plasma when he was 18 and continued doing so every two weeks until he was 81.

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Other studies have looked at blood plasma, which is not specific to the tissues affected by the disease.

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It was named after Charles R. Drew, a distinguished surgeon and former chair of surgery at Howard University whose work focused on blood banking and blood plasma storage and transfusion.

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In the 1970s, a new treatment using donated human blood plasma was developed to replace these clotting agents.

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