GENUS PLASMODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Plasmodium mean? 

• GENUS PLASMODIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS PLASMODIUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Plasmodiidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS PLASMODIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PLASMODIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Plasmodiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

 Context examples 

A protozoan infection caused by the genus Plasmodium.

(Malaria, NCI Thesaurus)