Biology GCSE
blood plasma
What blood plasma means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of blood plasma
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Reference: OCR
A pale straw-coloured aqueous solvent that transports dissolved nutrients, waste products, hormones, antibodies and thermal energy.
Topics that use blood plasma
- The challenges of size (OCR GCSE)
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