'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]