Plasmodium falciparum

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Etymology

See Plasmodium and falciparum

Proper noun

Plasmodium falciparum n

A taxonomic species within the family Plasmodiidae – a protist, transmitted by mosquitos of genus Anopheles, that causes most cases of malaria.

Hypernyms

(species): Haemosporida - order; Plasmodiidae - family; Plasmodium - genus; Plasmodium (Laverania) - subgenus

References

Plasmodium falciparum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plasmodium falciparum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Plasmodium falciparum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Plasmodium falciparum at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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