plasmodium vs cytoplasm

plasmodium and cytoplasm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plasmodium	Yes	No	No	No
cytoplasm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cytoplasm is a hypernym of plasmodium; that is, cytoplasm is a word with a broader meaning than plasmodium:

plasmodium: multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
cytoplasm: the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

Other hypernyms of plasmodium include cytol.

plasmodium (noun)	cytoplasm (noun)
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans	the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds