plasmology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]plasmology (uncountable)
- (archaic) Minute or microscopic anatomy; histology.
- The science of the creation, manipulation, and utilization of plasma.
- 1982, Joan Lisa Bromberg, Fusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source, page 99:
- Like Princeton, the MIT program provided a mechanism for cutting across the boundaries of more traditional disciplines and creating an education in a new specialty of 'plasmology.' Increasing numbers of plasma specialists began to emerge […]