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plasmodium

plas.mo.di.um \plaz-'mo-d-e--*m\ \-e--*\ n or plas.mo.dia [NL, fr. plasm- + 
   -odium thing resembling, fr. Gk -o-de-s)] plX like 1a: a motile 
   multinucleate mass of protoplasm resulting from fusion of unin uclear 
   amoeboid cells 1b: SYNCYTIUM  2: an individual malaria parasite