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plasmodium
[ plaz-moh-dee-uhm ]
noun
- Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- any parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, causing malaria in humans.
plasmodium
/ plæzˈməʊdɪəm /
noun
- an amoeboid mass of protoplasm, containing many nuclei: a stage in the life cycle of certain organisms, esp the nonreproductive stage of the slime moulds
- any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, such as P. falciparum and P. vivax, which cause malaria
plasmodium
/ plăz-mō′dē-əm /
, Plural plasmodia
- A mass of protoplasm having many cell nuclei but not divided into separate cells. It is formed by the combination of many amoeba-like cells and is characteristic of the active, feeding phase of certain slime molds.
- Any of various single-celled organisms (called protozoans) that exist as parasites in vertebrate animals, one of which causes malaria.
Derived Forms
- plasˈmodial, adjective
Other Words From
- plas·modi·al adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of plasmodium1
Word History and Origins
Origin of plasmodium1
Example Sentences
Malaria, a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, affects more than 200 million people around the world every year.
Occurring in large colonies on barkless decaying logs of various species; the plasmodium almost colorless.
The fructification appears to be isolated in each case; the entire plasmodium consumed in a single plasmodiocarp.
The plasmodium as it emerges to form fruit is pale pink or flesh color, slowly deepening to brown as maturity advances.
This author throws some doubt on the species he describes by suggesting that the plasmodium may be red.
The color is an uncertain thing even in the sporangia, which rise from one plasmodium.
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