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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 plas·mo·di·um /plæzˈmodiəm/
 多核原形質塊,變形體,瘧原蟲

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 plas·mo·di·um /plæzˈmodɪəm/ 名詞
 原形體,原質團,合胞體

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plas·mo·di·um n.; pl. Plasmodia
 1. Biol. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
 2. Zool. A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 plasmodium
      n 1: multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some
           stages of such organisms as slime molds
      2: parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes
         malaria in humans [syn: Plasmodium vivax, malaria
          parasite]
      [also: plasmodia (pl)]