plasmodium

Noun
  1. Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds (synset 101430644)
    is a type of: cytol, cytoplasm - the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
  2. Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans (synset 101427061)
    is a type of: sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan
    belongs to: genus plasmodium - type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
    same as: malaria parasite, plasmodium vivax

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