| ameboid | 1. Resembling an amoeba in appearance or characteristics. 2. Of irregular outline with peripheral projections; denoting the outline of a form of colony in plate culture. Origin: amoeba + G. Eidos, appearance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ameboid cell | A cell such as a leukocyte, having ameboid movements, with a power of locomotion. Synonym: wandering cell. Synonym: migratory cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ameboid movement | The movement characteristic of leukocytes and protozoan organisms of the superclass Rhizopoda. See: streaming movement, filopodium, lobopodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ameboididity | The power of locomotion after the manner of an ameboid cell. Synonym: amoebaism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ameboidism | 1. The performance of movements similar to those of an amoeba. Synonym: amoebaism. 2. Denoting a condition sometimes seen in certain nerve cells. (05 Mar 2000) |