n.
Pronunciation: plaz- ' m ō -d ē - ə m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -dia \ -d ē - ə \
Etymology: New Latin, from plasm- + -odium thing resembling, from Greek - ō d ē s 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