malaria parasite

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   parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

   SynonymsplasmodiumPlasmodium vivax

   Broadersporozoan

   Part ofgenus Plasmodium

Questions about malaria parasite

What does malaria parasite mean?

malaria parasite means "parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans".

What is another word for malaria parasite?

Close synonyms include plasmodium, Plasmodium vivax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malaria parasite a common word?

malaria parasite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.