Plasmodium

n.	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.

Noun	1.	plasmodium - multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
	2.	plasmodium - parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans Synonyms: malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax

cytoplasm