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amoeboid

[ uh-mee-boid ]

adjective



amoeboid

/ əˈmiːbɔɪd /

adjective

  1. of, related to, or resembling amoebae


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Other Words From

  • a·moeboid·ism noun

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Example Sentences

Some of the amœboid corpuscles from the blood make their way between the cells forming the walls of the capillaries.

He has further detected amœboid movements in the disc at the same period.

While the two pronuclei are approaching one another the protoplasm of the egg exhibits amœboid movements.

The granular amœboid cells represent the nutritive forms, and the ciliated cells represent the locomotor and respiratory forms.

At the same time the amœboid nutritive cells would need to expose as large a surface as possible.

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