Usage Note
Plasma is used in both medical contexts (don de plasma — plasma donation) and physics (plasma solaire). Colloquially, un écran plasma is a plasma television screen, though this technology has largely been replaced by écrans LED.
Examples
"Le plasma représente la moitié du sang."
Natural Translation
Plasma makes up half of the blood.

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