Category:Plasmodium

Plas*mo"di*um, n.; pl. Plasmodia. Etym: [nl. See plasma.]

1. (biol.)

Defn: a jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of Amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: a naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of Several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the Life cycle of mycetozoa and other low organisms.