About The Word Plasmodium
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Plasmodium
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What's The Definition Of Plasmodium?
[n] parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
[n] multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds Synonyms | Synonyms for Plasmodium: malaria parasite | Plasmodium vivax Related Terms | Find terms related to Plasmodium: See Also | cytoplasm | genus Plasmodium | sporozoan Plasmodium In Webster's Dictionary \Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. {Plasmodia}. [NL. See
{Plasma}.]
1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any
union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power
of motion.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by
the union of several am[oe]balike young, and constituting
one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other
low organisms.
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