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plasmodium

plas·mo·dium

UK/plazˈməʊdɪəm/ US/plæˈzmoʊdiʌm/ uncommon

noun

1.

multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

Origin

From German Plasmodium, from Latin plasma.

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