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pseudoplasmodium

noun
pseu·do·plasmodium | \¦sü(ˌ)dō+\

Definition of pseudoplasmodium 

: an aggregation of myxamoebas resembling a plasmodium but without protoplasmic fusion (as in members of the genus Acrasis)

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New Latin, from pseud- + plasmodium

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