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plasmoid

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A fictional living being made of glowing hot gas in stories or games

noun
/ˈplæz.mɔɪd/

: plasmoide

Scientists in the story speculated that the mysterious plasmoid might be a new form of life.

Examples

In the game, players can choose to control a plasmoid with unique energy-based abilities.
The glowing plasmoid floated silently through the spaceship's corridor, leaving a faint trail of light.
The plasmoid glowed brightly.
In the game, players can encounter various plasmoids.
In the video game, players can encounter a mysterious plasmoid that defies conventional physics.
The science fiction novel featured a sentient plasmoid that traveled between dimensions.
During the experiment, the researchers created a plasmoid that exhibited unusual behaviors and properties.

Surface Forms

plasmoid singular

plasmoids plural

Morphology

plasmoid = plasma (semi-transparent) = plasma + oid

Derived from 'plasma' + '-oid' meaning 'resembling or composed of plasma'; formation is straightforward though '-oid' is a somewhat technical/formal suffix.

Etymology

Plasmoid comes from plasma, meaning 'something formed', and the ending -oid, meaning 'like' (as in humanoid). So in stories a plasmoid is a 'plasma-like form', imagined as a glowing creature made of plasma.