Langmuir borrowed the word from blood.
Which meaning of Plasma is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Blood plasma came first (the 1800s). Plasma (physics) arrived in 1928. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
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Blood plasma
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Duplicate · c. 1928
Plasma (physics)
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