Definition of Genus plasmodium

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Plasmodiidae.

Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Class Sporozoa, Sporozoa
Member holonyms: Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Vivax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Plasmodium

genus Pisum
genus Pithecanthropus
genus Pithecellobium
genus Pithecia
genus Pithecolobium
genus Pitta
genus Pituophis
genus Pitymys
genus Pityrogramma
genus Placuna
genus Plagianthus
genus Planera
genus Planococcus
genus Plantago
genus Plasmodiophora
genus Plasmodium
genus Platalea
genus Platanthera
genus Platanus
genus Platichthys
genus Platycerium
genus Platylobium
genus Platymiscium
genus Platypoecilus
genus Platystemon
genus Plautus
genus Plecotus
genus Plectania
genus Plectorrhiza
genus Plectranthus

Literary usage of Genus plasmodium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Some authorities would include l^ai'crama in the genus Plasmodium, as differing only specifically from the other two forms. It has, moreover, been suggested ..."

2. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"THE genus plasmodium: Three species of protozoa are commonly included in the genus Plasmodium. These have been determined to be the specific causes of three ..."

3. Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods by James Campbell Todd (1918)
"2. genus plasmodium.—This genus includes the malarial parasites which have already been described (see pp. 349-362). ..."

4. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"Besides, this species belongs to the genus Plasmodium. Within this genus there already exists a species, " malariae " (Laveran), the quartan parasite, ..."

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