pseudoplasmodium

noun

pseu·​do·​plasmodium

¦sü(ˌ)dō+

: an aggregation of myxamoebas resembling a plasmodium but without protoplasmic fusion (as in members of the genus Acrasis)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pseud- + plasmodium

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