plasmodium

名词 plasmodium:

1. multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
2. parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
   同义词：Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite

plas.mo.di.um

n.（名词）
【复数】 plas.mo.di.a[-dô-…]
A multinucleate mass of cytoplasm formed by the aggregation of a number of amoeboid cells, as that characteristic of the vegetative phase of the slime molds.
原质团：由大量变形虫细胞聚集形成的细胞质的多核团，与粘菌的无性繁殖阶段的特性类似
A protozoan of the genusPlasmodium, which includes the parasites that cause malaria.
疟原虫：一种疟原虫属 原生动物，包括能引发疟疾的寄生虫

来源：
New Latin Plasmodium [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Plasmodium [属名]
plasm(o)-
plasm(o)-
-odium [resembling] from Greek -ôdôs variant of -oeidôs [-oid]
-odium [类似] 源自 希腊语 -ôdôs -oeidôs的变体 [后缀，表示.似，象.]

【引伸】
plasmo.dial