Plasmodium
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- malaria parasite
- plural
- Plasmodiums
- possessive
- Plasmodium's
- pluralpossessive
- Plasmodiums'