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