plasmodium
IPA: pɫæzmˈoʊdiʌm
noun
- (biology) A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase.
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Examples of "plasmodium" in Sentences
- Plasmodium and the human genome.
- It really is about malaria, not plasmodium.
- Thanks for the edit on the Plasmodium page.
- Influence of Plasmodium falciparum on the human genome.
- Plasmodium species infecting humans and other primates.
- Plasmodium smirnovi looks very dubious to me at the minute.
- Infection with a Plasmodium species is synonymous with malaria.
- The vegetative form is a multinucleate cell, called a plasmodium.
- A plasmodium is the macroscopic form of the protist known as a slime mold.
- The plasmodium will continue to consume organic matter through phagocytosis.