A mass of cytoplasm, containing many nuclei, created by the aggregation of amoeboid cells of slime molds during their vegetative phase. When capitalised as a proper name, Plasmodium is a genus of protozoan parasites responsible for such diseases as malaria
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"multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds"
"parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans"