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Plasmodium

Plasmodium Meaning & Definition
Plasmodium Definition And Meaning

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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