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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plas•mo•di•um (plaz mō′dē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -di•a (-dē ə).USA pronunciation - Microbiology[Biol.]an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- Microbiologyany parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, causing malaria in humans.
- Neo-Latin; see plasm-, -ode1, -ium
- 1870–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plasmodium /plæzˈməʊdɪəm/ n ( pl -dia / -dɪə/)- an amoeboid mass of protoplasm, containing many nuclei: a stage in the life cycle of certain organisms, esp the nonreproductive stage of the slime moulds
- any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, such as P. falciparum and P. vivax, which cause malaria
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin; see plasma, -ode1plasˈmodial adj |