01 n. A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
pl.
Plasmodia ((#))
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A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amœboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.(Biol.)
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A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amœbalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.(Zool.)