ameboid
or a·moe·boid
[ uh-mee-boid ]
/ əˈmi bɔɪd /
adjective Biology.
resembling or related to amebas.
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Example sentences from the Web for ameboid
The known mechanisms for this in the body are ameboid cells, especially the phagocytes.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield MorreyThe eel had been challenged by the ameboid monster, and they were fighting for possession of him—the common prey.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|VariousThey embrace and enfold the pathogenic germs with which they come in contact by what is known as an ameboid force.
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Medical definitions for ameboid
ameboid
adj.
Of or resembling an ameba, especially in changeability of form and means of locomotion.
Having an irregular or asymmetric outline with peripheral projections, as the outline of a group of cells growing in a nutrient culture.
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