plasmodia — Plural of plasmodium. [L.] * * * plasmodia pl of PLASMODIUM * * * plas·mo·dia (plaz moґde ə) plural of plasmodium … Medical dictionary
plasmodia — plæz məʊdɪəm n. parasitic organism that causes malaria; multinucleate mass of tissue characteristic of some developmental stages in certain organisms (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
Slime mold — Not to be confused with slime bacteria. Slime mold Stemonitis fusca in Scotland, UK … Wikipedia
Antimalarial drug — Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or cure malaria. Some antimalarial agents, particularly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus associated arthritis. There are many of these… … Wikipedia
plasmodium — plasmodial, adj. /plaz moh dee euhm/, n., pl. plasmodia / dee euh/. 1. Biol. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds. 2. any parasitic protozoan of the… … Universalium
Malaria culture — P. falciparum cultures[1] Malaria culture is the method to grow malaria parasites outside the body i.e. in an ex vivo environment. Plasmodium falciparum is currently the only human malaria paras … Wikipedia
mesozoan — /mez euh zoh euhn, mes , mee zeuh , seuh /, Zool. n. 1. any member of the phylum Mesozoa. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the mesozoans. [MESOZO(A) + AN] * * * ▪ marine invertebrate any of approximately 50 species of small, ciliated,… … Universalium
plasmodicidal — plas·mo·di·ci·dal (plaz″mo dĭ siґdəl) [plasmodia + L. caedere to kill] destructive to plasmodia; cf. antimalarial. Called also malariacidal … Medical dictionary
Plasmodium — Plas*mo di*um, n.; pl. {Plasmodia}. [NL. See {Plasma}.] 1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A naked mobile mass of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plasmodium — noun (plural plasmodia) Etymology: New Latin, from plasm + odium thing resembling, from Greek ōdēs like Date: 1875 1. a. a motile multinucleate mass of protoplasm resulting from fusion of uninucleate amoeboid cells; also an organism (as a stage… … New Collegiate Dictionary
