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plasmodium

DEFINITIONS OF: plasmodium

1

n multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

Type of:
cytol, cytoplasm
the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

n parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

Synonyms:
Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite
Type of:
sporozoan
parasitic spore-forming protozoan
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