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Plasmodium


Plas-mo′di-um

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Noun.
;
pl.
Plasmodia
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.
[NL. See
Plasma
.]
1.
(Biol.)
A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
2.
(Zool.)
A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.

Definition 2024


Plasmodium

Plasmodium

See also: plasmodium

Translingual

Proper noun

Plasmodium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – several parasitic protozoa.

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plasmodium

plasmodium

See also: Plasmodium

English

Noun

plasmodium (plural plasmodia)

  1. (biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.

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