🇬🇧 Plasma meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Plasma is the pale yellow, watery part of your blood. If blood were a soup, the plasma would be the broth and the red and white blood cells would be the chunky bits floating in it. Plasma makes up a little more than half of your blood and helps carry cells, food, hormones, and waste all around your body so everything can work properly.

My white blood cells hold secret meetings in the plasma, planning how to karate-chop germs.

My red blood cells threw a pool party, but only plasma was invited because they needed something to float in.

When I learned plasma is mostly water, I decided my body is basically a deluxe water park for cells.

If blood cells wrote a travel review, they’d rate plasma five stars: 'Very floaty, would ride again.'

If my body were a city, plasma would be the busy highway where all the tiny cell-cars zoom around honking silently.

A boy cuts his hand. A nurse draws blood and smiles, holding a small tube of plasma. "Look at the plasma," she says, showing the clear plasma that carries red cells like tiny boats. The plasma swirls, carrying cells toward the wound. The boy watches the floating boats in the plasma and feels brave.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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