See Also: plasmodium(encyclopedia)
plasmodium(dictionary)
plasmodium(medicine)
plasmodium chabaudi(medicine)
plasmodium cynomolgi(medicine)
plasmodium gallinaceum(medicine)
plasmodium knowlesi(medicine)
plasmodium malariae(medicine)
plasmodium yoelii(medicine)
plasmodium berghei(medicine)

plasmodium (iou)



plasmodium noun. . L19.
[from PLASMA- + -ODE1 + -IUM.]
Biology.
A multinucleate amoeboid mass or sheet of naked protoplasm, formed by the fusion of the cytoplasm of a number of amoeboid cells, esp. as forming the vegetative stage of a slime mould. L19.
Any of various parasitic sporozoans of the genus Plasmodium, several of which invade human liver and blood cells and cause malaria. L19.
plasmodial adjective pertaining to, of the nature of, or arising from a plasmodium L19.