Plasmodium
See also: plasmodium
Translingual
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Etymology
New Latin, from Latin plasma + Late Latin -odium.
Proper noun
Plasmodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae. When properly capitalised, Plasmodium is a genus that includes several species of parasitic protozoa, including those that cause malaria in humans. In lower case, plasmodium is a technical term for multiple cells of certain organisms combined into a single mass of protoplasm.
- In the young forms of the parasite (Plasmodium malariae), the protoplasmic ring is broader at one point of its periphery than the remainder, giving to it a characteristic “signet-ring” appearance...[1]
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum; Sporozoa - superclass; Coccidiomorphea - class; Hematozoa - subclass; Haemosporidia - superorder; Haemosporida - order; Plasmodiidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
Plasmodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Further reading
Plasmodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plasmodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Plasmodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Plasmodium at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Plasmodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information