Medical Dictionary

plasmotomy

noun plas·mot·o·my \plaz-ˈmät-ə-mē\
plural plas·mot·o·mies

Medical Definition of PLASMOTOMY

:  division of the plasmodium of a protozoan into two or more multinucleate parts

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