4. (Med.) 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.
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{ Plas*mat"ic (?), Plas*mat"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] 1. Forming;
shaping; molding. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma;
containing, or conveying, plasma.
Plas*ma"tion (?), n. [L. plasmatio.] The act of forming or molding.
[R.] Grafton.
Plas*ma"tor (?), n. [L.] A former; a fashioner. [R.] "The sovereign
plasmator, God Almighty." Urquhart.