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Plasmodium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.
  2. 2
    parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans wordnet
  3. 3
    multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds wordnet

Etymology

From German Plasmodium, from Latin plasma.

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