plasmodium

Definition of Plasmodium in English :

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Noun

1. plasmodium

multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

2. malaria parasite, plasmodium, plasmodium vivax

parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plasmodium

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noun plural -dia (-dɪə)

1.

an amoeboid mass of protoplasm, containing many nuclei: a stage in the life cycle of certain organisms, esp the nonreproductive stage of the slime moulds

2.

any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, such as P. falciparum and P. vivax, which cause malaria

Plasmodium

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nounWord forms: plural plasˈmodia (plæzˈmoʊdiə ; plazmōˈdēə)

1.

a shapeless mass of protoplasm with many nuclei and no definite size, esp. the vegetative stage of a myxomycete

2.

any of a genus (Plasmodium) of unicellular sporozoans found in red blood corpuscles, including the parasites that cause malaria

Plasmodium

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n. pl. plas·mo·di·a (-dē-ə)

1. A multinucleate, often large mass of protoplasm that moves and ingests food and is characteristic of the vegetative phase of plasmodial slime molds.

2. Any of various protozoans of the genus Plasmodium, which includes the parasites that cause malaria.

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