plasmatic, a.
(plæzˈmætɪk)
[ad. Gr. πλασµατικ-ός imitative; but taken as the adj. corresponding to plasma: see -atic.]
Relating to the plasma, esp. of the blood.
plasmatic cell = plasma cell. plasmatic current, plasmatic layer, plasmatic stream: ‘the part of the blood-stream in the small arteries which lies between the column of red corpuscles in mid-channel (axial current) and the wall of the vessel’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1828–32 Webster, Plasmatic, Plasmatical. 1864 Ibid. s.v., The plasmatic fluid. 1870 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. X. 79 Plasmatic circulation in connective tissue. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. (ed. 6) 150 In the so-called Plasmatic Canals—spaces of the smallest size found in connective tissue. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 497 In ordinary cases..the plasmatic elements of the blood seem to be sufficient for vegetative growth. 1899 Ibid. VI. 245 The distinction between axial and plasmatic current is obliterated. |