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Definition of Plasmodium

1. Noun. Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds.

2. Noun. Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.

Definition of Plasmodium

1. n. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

Definition of Plasmodium

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

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Definition of Plasmodium

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Medical Definition of Plasmodium

1. Multinucleate mass of protoplasm bounded only by a plasma membrane, the main vegetative form of acellular slime moulds (e.g. Physarum). (31 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasmodium

plasmocytes plasmocytic leukemoid reaction plasmodesm plasmodesma plasmodesmas plasmodesmata plasmodia plasmodial plasmodial slime mold plasmodial trophoblast

plasmodiocarp plasmodiophorid plasmodiophorids plasmodiotrophoblast plasmoditrophoblast plasmodium (current term) plasmodium berghei plasmodium chabaudi plasmodium cynomolgi plasmodium falciparum

plasmodium gallinaceum plasmodium knowlesi plasmodium malariae plasmodium vivax plasmodium yoelii plasmogamies plasmogen plasmoid plasmoids

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