Plasmodium

[plæz'mәudiәm]

Definition

(noun.) parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.

(noun.) multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds.

Editor: Rudolf--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

(n.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.

Typist: Sol