'Plasmodia' definitions:

Definition of 'Plasmodia'

From: GCIDE

Plasmodium \Plas*mo"di*um\, n.; pl. Plasmodia. [NL. See Plasma.]
1. (Biol.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of am[oe]boid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) A naked mobile mass of protoplasm, formed by the union of several am[oe]balike young, and constituting one of the stages in the life cycle of Mycetozoa and other low organisms. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]