| cell locomotion | <cell biology> Movement of a cell from one place to another. (26 Mar 1998) |
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| locomotion | <cell biology> Term used by some authors to distinguish movement of cells from place to place from movements such as flattening, shape change, cytokinesis etc. (18 Nov 1997) |
| 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) |
| 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) |