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plasmodia
plasmodium的複數形
plasmodia
瘧原蟲,原形體、原質團,合胞體
Plas·mo·di·um n.; pl. Plasmodia
1. Biol. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
2. Zool. A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
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plasmodium
n 1: multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some
stages of such organisms as slime molds
2: parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes
malaria in humans [syn: Plasmodium vivax, malaria
parasite]
[also: plasmodia (pl)]