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plasmodium definition

plas·mo·dium (plaz mōdē əm)

noun pl. plasmodia -·dia ()

  1. a shapeless mass of protoplasm with many nuclei and no definite size, esp. the vegetative stage of a myxomycete
  2. any of a genus (Plasmodium) of unicellular sporozoans found in red blood corpuscles, including the parasites that cause malaria

Etymology: ModL: see plasma, -ode, -ium

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