| amoeba |
A single-celled organism, many species of which live in free in water. A few are pathogens, amoebic dysentery is caused by an amoeba that parasitises the gut. Their overall shape and pattern of movement is similar in character to the way many animal cells behave, although the latter are usually much smaller. Such cells are often referred to as amoeboid.
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| amoeba |
Protist that moves when its cytoplasm flows into projections called pseudopods.
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| amorphous |
Without a crystalline shape.
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| amoebiasis |
disease caused by the protozoan Entameoba histolytica, a type of ameoba.
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| amoeboid |
Like the simple animal Amoeba, consisting of one cell.
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