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
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