plasmodium
noun
plas·mo·di·um
plaz-ˈmō-dē-əm
plural plasmodia
plaz-ˈmō-dē-ə
1
a
: a motile multinucleate mass of protoplasm resulting from fusion of uninucleate amoeboid cells
also
: an organism (such as a stage of a slime mold) that consists of such a structure
2
: a sporozoan parasite (genus Plasmodium) that is the causative agent of malaria
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