Plasmodium falciparum

Translingual

Etymology

See Plasmodium and falciparum

Proper noun

Plasmodium falciparum n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Plasmodiidae – a protist, transmitted by mosquitos of genus Anopheles, that causes most cases of malaria.

Hypernyms

• (species): Haemosporida – order; Plasmodiidae – family; Plasmodium – genus; Plasmodium (Laverania) – subgenus

References

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