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Plasmodium n. (pl. plasmodia)

(Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

(Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.

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Etymology of 'Plasmodium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plasmodium" Quotes from Famous Books

... disease, having obtained its transient "guest" from some human being. Consequently, marshy districts that are full of mosquitoes are not malarious unless the mosquitoes are of the kinds capable of lodging the plasmodium, and unless there is or has recently been present in the neighborhood some person affected with malarial disease. Moreover, the most virulently malarious region is a safe place of residence for human beings, provided they ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV • John Lord

... for a moment the discovery of the cause of malaria. This discovery, due to the Englishman, Ross, in connection with birds, and to the Italian, Grassi, in connection with man, consists in having found out that the plasmodium of malaria, which produces the malady, is inoculated in man and in the various animals subject to it, by a special kind of mosquito. Let us inquire what was the state of science prior to this discovery. In 1880 Laveran had described an animal micro-organism, ...

— Spontaneous Activity in Education • Maria Montessori

Words linked to "Plasmodium" : malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax, cytoplasm, sporozoan, genus Plasmodium