Eukaryote
plasmodium ovale
Subclass of:
Plasmodium
Definitions related to plasmodium ovale:
  • A protozoan parasite in the family Plasmodiidae. P. ovale is a rare causative agent of tertian malaria.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of protozoan parasite causing MALARIA. It is the rarest of the four species of PLASMODIUM infecting humans, but is common in West African countries and neighboring areas.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Plasmodium ovale.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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