Look up: plasmodium

1. plasmodium
   A multinucleated, usually naked (i.e., bounded only by a plasma membrane) mass of protoplasm that is usually motile and variable in size and form. (Pl. plasmodia.)
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2. Plasmodium
   A naked multi-nucleate, vegetative body capable of amoeboid motion.
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3. plasmodium
   [n] - multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds 2. [n] - parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
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4. Plasmodium
   , transmitted by the bites of insects such as mosquitoes. Synonyms: ague, congestive fever, marsh fever, paroxymal fever, remitting fever
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5. Plasmodium
   Plasmodium: The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single-celled organism able to divide only within a host cell. The main types are: Plasmodium falciparum, the species which causes falciparum malaria, the most dangerous type of malaria; Plasmodium...
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6. Plasmodium
   Genus of parasitic protozoa that cause malaria. The life-cycle is complex, involving several changes in cellular morphology and behaviour. Intermediate host is female mosquito (Anopheles > Anopheles) that infects vertebrate host when taking a blood meal. Predominant form of the organism in humans is the intracellular parasite (the merozoite) in the erythrocyte, where it undergoes a form of multiple cell division termed schizogony. As a result the erythrocyte bursts and the progeny infect other erythrocytes. Eventually some cells develop into gametes that, when ingested by a female mosquito, will fuse in her gut to form a zygote (ookinete). Multiple cell division within the resultant oocyte, attached to the gut wall, gives rise to infective sporozoites; these migrate to the salivary glands and are ejected with the saliva the next time the mosquito takes a blood-meal.
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7. plasmodium
   Multinucleate mass of protoplasm bounded only by a plasma membrane; the main vegetative form of acellular slime moulds (eg. Physarum > Physarum).
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8. Plasmodium
   Plas·mo'di·um noun ; plural Plasmodia . [ New Latin See Plasma .] 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. 2.
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9. plasmodium
   <plant biology> Multinucleate mass of protoplasm bounded only by a plasma membrane, the main vegetative form of acellular slime moulds (e.g. Physarum). ... (31 Dec 1997) ...
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10. plasmodium
    Plasmodium vivax noun parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
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11. Plasmodium
    (plaz-mo´de-әm) the malarial parasites, a genus of protozoa (suborder Haemosporina, order Eucoccidiida), parasitic in the red blood cells of humans and other animals. The organism is transmitted in sporozoite form to the bloodstream of humans by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes. The parasites migrate directly to ...
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12. plasmodium
    (plaz-mo´de-әm) a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. a multinucleate continuous mass of protoplasm. adj., plasmo´dial., adj.
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13. Plasmodium
    • (n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. • (n.) 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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14. plasmodium
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15. Plasmodium
    a genus of parasitic protozoans of the sporozoan subclass Coccidia that are the causative organisms of malaria (q.v.). Plasmodium, which infects red ... [8 related articles]
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16. plasmodium
    plasmodium, name for a stage in the life cycle of a slime mold. Also, Plasmodium is the name given to the genus of the protozoan parasite that causes malaria.
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17. Plasmodium
    Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic animals of the suborder haemosporidia. They cause malaria in man.
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18. Plasmodium
    Type: Term Pronunciation: plaz-mō′dē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A genus of the protozoan family Plasmodidae (suborder Haemosporina, subclass Coccidia), blood parasites of vertebrates, characterized by separate microgametes and macrogametes, a motile ookinete, sporogony in the invertebra...
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19. plasmodium
    Type: Term Pronunciation: plaz-mō′dē-ŭm, -dē-ă Definitions: 1. A protoplasmic mass containing several nuclei, resulting from multiplication of the nucleus with cell division.
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20. Plasmodium
    `Plasmodium` is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms is known as malaria. The genus Plasmodium was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.<ref n...
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