plasmodium vs malaria parasite

plasmodium and malaria parasite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plasmodium	Yes	No	No	No
malaria parasite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plasmodium and malaria parasite are synonyms defined as:

plasmodium and malaria parasite: parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

Other synonyms of plasmodium include Plasmodium vivax.

plasmodium (noun)	malaria parasite (noun)
parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans	parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds