3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Plasmodium \Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. {Plasmodia}. [NL. See {Plasma}.] 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several am[oe]balike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: plasmodium n 1: multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds 2: parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans [syn: {Plasmodium vivax}, {malaria parasite}] [also: {plasmodia} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: plasmodia See {plasmodium}
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