"plasmodium" in the noun sense
1. plasmodium
multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
2. plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
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