Plasmodium

See also: plasmodium

Translingual

Human red blood cells, some infected with the species Plasmodium falciparum

Etymology

From English plasmodium.

Proper noun

Plasmodium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – parasitic protozoans which include those causing malaria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Miozoa – phylum; Myzozoa – subphylum; Apicomplexa – infraphylum; Sporozoa – superclass; Coccidiomorphea – class; Hematozoa - subclass; Haemosporidia - superorder; Haemosporida - order; Plasmodiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax - selected species

Derived terms

• Plasmodiidae

 

References

• Plasmodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plasmodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Plasmodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Plasmodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information