Associations to the word «Plasmodium»

Wiktionary

PLASMODIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae   — several parasitic protozoa.
PLASMODIUM, noun. (biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.

Dictionary definition

PLASMODIUM, noun. Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds.
PLASMODIUM, noun. Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.

Wise words

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