Plasmodium

noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

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cellcytoplasmectoplasmgerm cellmalaria parasiteplasmode

Example

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"The report warns that the parasite Plasmodium falciparum — which causes the most lethal form of human malaria — is becoming resistant to the first-choice drug, DHA-piperaquine, in parts of Southeast Asia, with patients seeing a failure rate of 50 percent or more."

Etymology

From German Plasmodium, from Latin plasma.

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proper nameslime mold

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