plasmodium

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When the plasmodium is trying to amplify itself in the blood cells, it is creating repeated attacks of the disease on the body.

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, which includes the parasites that cause malaria.

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  1. New Latin Plasmōdium, genus name : plasm(o)- + Greek -ōdēs, resembling; see collodion.
 

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