transcription, транскрипция: [ plaz-ˈmō-dē-əm ]
noun
( plural plas·mo·dia -dē-ə)
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 of a slime mold) that consists of such a structure
b. : syncytium 1
2. : a sporozoan parasite (genus Plasmodium ) that is the causative agent of malaria