Definition of Amoeboid. Meaning of Amoeboid. Synonyms of Amoeboid

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Definition of Amoeboid

Amoeboid
Amoebiform A*m[oe]"bi*form, Amoeboid A*m[oe]"boid, a. [Am[oe]ba + -form or -oid.] (Biol.) Resembling an am[oe]ba; am[oe]ba-shaped; changing in shape like an am[oe]ba. Am[oe]boid movement, movement produced, as in the am[oe]ba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

Meaning of Amoeboid from wikipedia

- (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) /əˈmiːbi/), often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter its...
- Amoeboid movement is the most typical mode of locomotion in adherent eukaryotic cells. It is a crawling-like type of movement accomplished by protrusion...
- water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers and hot springs. It is found in an amoeboid, temporary flagellate stage or microbial cyst in soil, poorly maintained...
- forms: the amoeboid stage, the cyst stage, and the flagellated stage, and has been routinely studied for its ease in change from amoeboid to flagellated...
- The collective–amoeboid transition (CMT) is a process by which collective multicellular groups dissociate into amoeboid single cells following the down-regulation...
- Two types of migrating tumor cells, mesenchymal (fibroblast-like) and amoeboid, can be observed in various patterns of cancer cell invasion. This article...
- non-photosynthetic excavates, including many that can transform between amoeboid, flagellate, and cyst stages. Most Percolozoa are found as bacterivores...
- heaters, soil, and pipes connected to tap water. It can exist in either an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage. The organism was named after Malcolm Fowler...
- composed of long branching processes and a small cellular body. Unlike the amoeboid forms of microglia, the cell body of the ramified form remains in place...
- common name. The axopodia are microtubule-supported projections from the amoeboid cell body, and are variously used for capturing food, sensation, movement...