Defn: A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.
PLASMODIAL
Plas*mo"di*al, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.
PLASMODIUM
Plas*mo"di*um, n.; pl. Plasmodia. Etym: [NL. See Plasma.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several amoebalike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms.
PLASMOGEN
Plas"mo*gen, n. Etym: [Plasma + -gen.] (Biol.)
Defn: The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.