Plasmodium Definition

plăz-mōdē-əm
plasmodia
noun
plasmodia
A shapeless mass of protoplasm with many nuclei and no definite size, esp. the vegetative stage of a myxomycete.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Plasmodium) of unicellular sporozoans found in red blood corpuscles, including the parasites that cause malaria.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • malaria parasite
  • Plasmodium vivax
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae "” several parasitic protozoa.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Plasmodium

Noun

Singular:
plasmodium
Plural:
plasmodia

Origin of Plasmodium

  • New Latin Plasmōdium genus name plasm(o)– Greek -ōdēs resembling collodion

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Plasmodium, from Latin plasma.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin, from Latin plasma + Late Latin -odium.

    From Wiktionary

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