PLASMODIUM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
   Synonym(s)
   • malaria parasite (what does malaria parasite mean?)
   • Plasmodium vivax (what does Plasmodium vivax mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) plasmodium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sporozoan (what does sporozoan mean?)
2. Meaning
   • multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
   Hypernyms(s) plasmodium is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cytoplasm (what does cytoplasm mean?)