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plasmodium |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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