English-Thai Dictionary
plasmodium
N ปรสิต พวก Sporozoa ใน เม็ด เลือด ของ สัตว์ หลาย จำพวก
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PLASMODIUM
Plas *mo "di *um, n.; pl. Plasmodia. Etym: [NL. See Plasma. ]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
New American Oxford Dictionary
plasmodium
plas mo di um |plazˈmōdēəm plæzˈmoʊdiəm | ▶noun ( pl. plasmodia |-dēə | ) 1 a parasitic protozoan of a genus that includes those causing malaria. [Genus Plasmodium, phylum Sporozoa. ] 2 Biology a form within the life cycle of some simple organisms such as slime molds, typically consisting of a mass of naked protoplasm containing many nuclei. DERIVATIVES plas mo di al |-mōdēəl |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, based on late Latin plasma ‘mold, formation. ’
Oxford Dictionary
plasmodium
plasmodium |plazˈməʊdɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. plasmodia |-dɪə | ) 1 a parasitic protozoan of a genus which includes those causing malaria. ●Genus Plasmodium, phylum Sporozoa. 2 Biology a form within the life cycle of some simple organisms such as slime moulds, typically consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing many nuclei. DERIVATIVES plasmodial adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, based on late Latin plasma ‘mould, formation ’.
Duden Dictionary
Plasmodium
Plas mo di um Substantiv, Neutrum Biologie , das |Plasm o dium |das Plasmodium; Genitiv: des Plasmodiums, Plural: die Plasmodien zu Plasma und griechisch -oeidḗs = ähnlich Masse aus vielkernigem Protoplasma, die durch Kernteilung ohne nachfolgende Zellteilung entsteht
The Wordsmith Dictionary