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Webster 1913 Edition
Plasmodium
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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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – several parasitic protozoa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Myzozoa - phylum; Apicomplexa - subphylum; Sporozoa - infraphylum; Aconoidasida - class; Haemosporida - order; Plasmodiidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
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plasmodium
plasmodium
See also: Plasmodium
English
Noun
plasmodium (plural plasmodia)
- (biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.