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Definitions: Plasmodium |
PlasmodiumNoun1. Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds. 2. Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Plasmodium \Plas*mo"di*um\, noun; plural Plasmodia. [New Latin expression. See Plasma.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Symbiotic parasite. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A genus of coccidian protozoa that comprise the malaria parasites of mammals. Four species infect humans (although occasional infections with primate malarias may occur). These are Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, P. ovale, and Plasmodium vivax. Species causing infection in vertebrates other than man include: Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium chabaudi, P. vinckei, and Plasmodium yoelii in rodents; P. brasilianum, Plasmodium cynomolgi, and Plasmodium knowlesi in monkeys; and Plasmodium gallinaceum in chickens. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The four species of Plasmodium that attack humans are P. falciparum (the cause of malignant tertian malaria), P. vivax and the much rarer P. ovale (the causes of "benign" tertian malaria), and P. malariae (the cause of "benign" quartan malaria.)
The life cycle of Plasmodium is very complex. Starting with the cryptozoite stage hidden in the liver the parasite then invades the red blood cells as ring and amoeboid stages (trophozoites). Active parasites (merozoites) are produced which leave the red blood cells and travel within the blood to invade new red blood cells. After the merozoites infect new red blood cells, eventually the sexual stages (gametocytes) are produced (also in the blood), which are taken up by the mosquito and form zygotes which split to produce large numbers of tiny sporozoites. The sporozoites are the infective stage which migrate to the salivary glands of the mosquito where they are injected into the blood of the next host when the female mosquito bites. The sporozoites move to the liver where they repeat the cycle. The activities of the parasites in the blood, breaking down the cells and produce toxic materials that trigger the fever and chills of the disease. Because of the complex life cycle of these parasites it is difficult to develop a vaccine.
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Synonym: PlasmodiumSynonym: malaria parasite (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Plasmodium |
| English words defined with "plasmodium": genus Plasmodium ♦ malaria parasite ♦ Plasmodia, Plasmodial, Plasmodium vivax, Protophyte. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "plasmodium": Malaria Vaccines, Malaria, Avian, Malaria, Falciparum, Malaria, Vivax, Mefloquine, Merozoite Surface Protein 1 ♦ Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium chabaudi, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium gallinaceum, Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium yoelii. (references) |
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 | The trophozoites represent stages in the Plasmodium spp. life cycle, right after a blood or liver cell has been infected by a sporozoite. This image shows a erythrocyte having become a mature trophozoite. Credit: CDC. |  | The schizont stage of the Plasmodium spp. life cycle precedes the release of merozoites, which will go on to further infect more red blood cells. This erythrocytic schizont contains underdeveloped merozoites. Credit: CDC. |
 | Babesia organisms resemble Plasmodium falciparum, however, Babesia parasites present several distinguishing features. They vary more in shape and in size, and they do not produce pigment. Credit: CDC. |  | Plasmodium falciparum microgametocyte, erythocyte with "bib." Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | Blood smear showing compact old trophozoite of Plasmodium malariae. Erythrocytes, protozoon, parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | The malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum is seen in multiple stages of development. An immature schizont is centrally located. Malarial parasites undergo asexual multiplication in the erythrocytes, i.e. erythrocytic schizogony. Credit: CDC. |
 | The maximum size of red blood cells infected with Plasmodium vivax ranges between 1.5 - 2 times their normal size. A mature schizont is large and amoeboid in shape. Note the numerous chromatin masses, along with Schuffner's dots. Credit: CDC. |  | Plasmodium Fieldi / G.H. Nicholson. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Plasmodium Brasilianum / G.H. Nicholson. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Life cycle of plasmodium vivax in mosquito and in man] / Inez Demonet. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Blood parasites of the genus Plasmodium. (references) | |
Four species of Plasmodium infect humans. (references) | ||
Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for most malaria deaths. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "plasmodium": genus Plasmodium ♦ Plasmodium berghei ♦ Plasmodium chabaudi ♦ Plasmodium cynomolgi ♦ plasmodium falciparum ♦ Plasmodium gallinaceum ♦ Plasmodium knowlesi ♦ plasmodium malariae ♦ plasmodium subgenus Laverania falciferum ♦ plasmodium vivax ♦ Plasmodium yoelii. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "plasmodium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | плазмодий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | plasmodium (parasite of malaria), malariamicrobe (parasite of malaria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plasmodium (parasite of malaria), malariaparasiet (gametocyte, parasite of malaria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | plasmodium, plasmodie, parasite paludéen, parasite de la malaria, hématozoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Plasmodium (parasite of malaria), Zönozyt, Symplasma (symplasm, symplast, syncitium, syncytium), Oscillaria, Malariaerreger (parasite of malaria), Laverania. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράσιτο της ελονοσίας (parasite of malaria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | plasmodium (parasite of malaria), parassita della malaria (parasite of malaria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asmodiumplay plasmódio (parasite of malaria), parasita da malária (parasite of malaria). (various references) plasmodium malariae (parasite of malaria), plasmodium, plasmodio, parásito de la malaria (parasite of malaria), parásito concurrente (parasite of malaria, symbiotic parasites). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Plasmodium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plasmoidum, Polemonium. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "plasmodium" (pronounced plazmō"dēum) |
| 5 | -ō" d ē u m | podium, rhodium, sodium. |
| 4 | -d ē u m | compendium, idiom, indium, iridium, medium, myocardium, nephridium, palladium, presidium, radium, stadium, tedium, vanadium. |
| 3 | -ē u m | alluvium, ammonium, aquarium, atrium, auditorium, axiom, bacterium, barium, beryllium, cadmium, calcium, cesium, chromium, colloquium, condominium, consortium, crematorium, delirium, deuterium, disequilibrium, emporium, equilibrium, europium, fermium, gallium, geranium, gonium, gymnasium, hafnium, harmonium, helium, Herbarium, holmium, honorarium, lawrencium, linoleum, lithium, magnesium, millennium, minium, moratorium, neptunium, niobium, nobelium, opium, opprobrium, osmium, pandemonium, paramecium, petroleum, planetarium, plutonium, polonium, potassium, premium, promethium, protium, psyllium, requiem, selenium, strontium, superpremium, symposium, tellurium, thallium, thorium, titanium, tritium, uranium, yttrium, zirconium. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-m-m-o-p-s-u" | |
-2 letters: diplomas, paludism, plasmoid. | |
-3 letters: adipous, alodium, amidols, diploma, dualism, lipomas, plasmid, podiums, uploads. | |
-4 letters: almuds, amidol, ampuls, audios, dismal, dolmas, doumas, dulias, imaums, limpas, lipoma, miaous, miauls, milpas, mimosa, moduli, moulds, odiums, omasum, opiums, osmium, pilaus, pilous, plaids, podium, poilus, salpid, sodium, upload. | |
-5 letters: adios, almud, aloud, alums, amido, amids, ammos, ampul, apods, audio. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101101 01101111 01100100 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P l a s m o d i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006C 0061 0073 006D 006F 0064 0069 0075 006D |
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