1. Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
   "The microscope revealed plasmodium in the blood sample";
   - Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite
    
2. Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime moulds
   "The plasmodium of the slime mould spread across the forest floor"

Derived forms: plasmodia

Type of: cytoplasm, sporozoan

Part of: genus Plasmodium

Encyclopedia: Plasmodium