Eli5 Does plasma in blood have any relation to plasma as a state of matter?

Question

I know they aren’t the same thing, but are there any properties or something that connect them?

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Answer 1

The state of matter plasma was named after the blood plasma because the people who discovered it thought that it carried particles similar to how blood plasma carries blood cells:

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