Plasmodium
n. pl. Plasmodia (#).- (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
- (Zoöl.) 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.
