Plasmodium \Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. {Plasmodia}. [NL. See
{Plasma}.]
1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any
union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power
of motion.
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2. (Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the
union of several am[oe]balike young, and constituting one
of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low
organisms.
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