名詞 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
   同義詞：Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite

plas.mo.di.um

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 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.
原質(zhì)團(tuán)：由大量變形蟲(chóng)細(xì)胞聚集形成的細(xì)胞質(zhì)的多核團(tuán)，與粘菌的無(wú)性繁殖階段的特性類似
A protozoan of the genusPlasmodium, which includes the parasites that cause malaria.
瘧原蟲(chóng)：一種瘧原蟲(chóng)屬 原生動(dòng)物，包括能引發(fā)瘧疾的寄生蟲(chóng)

來(lái)源：
New Latin Plasmodium [genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ) Plasmodium [屬名]
plasm(o)-
plasm(o)-
-odium [resembling] from Greek -ôdôs variant of -oeidôs [-oid]
-odium [類似] 源自 希臘語(yǔ) -ôdôs -oeidôs的變體 [后綴，表示.似，象.]

【引伸】
plasmo.dial