— 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 genus Plasmodium, causing malaria in humans.
[ 1870-75; 1 , -IUM ]