ameboid cell

n.

A cell, such as a leukocyte, that is able to change its form and move about like an ameba.wandering cell

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amebiform, amebiosis, amebism, amebocyte, ameboid, ameboid cell, ameboma, amebula, ameburia, ameds, ameer

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