| English noun: plasmodium | |||
| 1. | plasmodium (animal) multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cytol, cytoplasm | ||
| 2. | plasmodium (animal) parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans | ||
| Synonyms | malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sporozoan | ||
| Member meronym | genus Plasmodium | ||