Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plasmodium

2 senses of plasmodium

Sense 1
plasmodium -- (multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds)
       => cytoplasm, cytol -- (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Sense 2
plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite -- (parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans)
       => sporozoan -- (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)