plasmodium

Plasmodium is a microscopic parasite that can cause malaria. It is often found in the blood of people who are infected with the disease.

  • The plasmodium is a parasite that can cause malaria.

  • The plasmodium is a parasite that can cause malaria.

Definition of plasmodium

noun

parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

Synonyms:

malaria parasite, plasmodium vivax

noun

multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

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Example Sentences for plasmodium

  • 1

    The plasmodium will continue to consume organic matter through phagocytosis.

  • 2

    Plasmodium and the human genome.

  • 3

    Thanks for the edit on the Plasmodium page.

  • 4

    It really is about malaria, not plasmodium.

  • 5

    Infection with a Plasmodium species is synonymous with malaria.

  • 6

    Influence of Plasmodium falciparum on the human genome.

  • 7

    Plasmodium species infecting humans and other primates.

  • 8

    The vegetative form is a multinucleate cell, called a plasmodium.

  • 9

    Plasmodium smirnovi looks very dubious to me at the minute.

  • 10

    A plasmodium is the macroscopic form of the protist known as a slime mold.