plasmodium, n.
(plasmodia)
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
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Plasmodium vivax
malaria parasite
plasmodium
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member holonym
multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
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plasmodium
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