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GENUS PLASMODIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the family Plasmodiidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Plasmodium" is a kind of...):
protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "genus Plasmodium"):
malaria parasite; plasmodium; Plasmodium vivax (parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans)
Holonyms ("genus Plasmodium" is a member of...):
class Sporozoa; Sporozoa (strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites)
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