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plasmodial slime mold | plasmodiidae | plasmodiophora | plasmodiophora brassicae | plasmodiophoraceae | plasmodium | plasmodium vivax | plasmogen | plasmon (?), n. [cf. | plassey | plasson

plasmodium

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Noun
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plas=mo=di=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

plasmodiumn. [NL. See Plasma.].
  •  A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plasmodium, n. (pl. plasmodia)
1 any parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, including those causing malaria in man.
2 a form within the life cycle of various micro-organisms including slime moulds, usu. consisting of a mass of naked protoplasm containing many nuclei.

Derivative
plasmodial adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. PLASMA(1) + - odium: see -ODE(1)

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