'Plasmodium' definitions:
Definition of 'plasmodium'
From: WordNet
noun
Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
noun
Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans [syn: plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite]
Definition of 'Plasmodium'
From: GCIDE
- Plasmodium \Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. Plasmodia. [NL. See Plasma.]
- 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several am[oe]balike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]