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amoeboid

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a⋅moe⋅boid

  [uh-mee-boid]
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–adjective
ameboid.
Related forms:
a⋅moe⋅boid⋅ism, noun

a⋅me⋅boid

  [uh-mee-boid]
–adjective Biology.
resembling or related to amebas.
Also, amoeboid.

Origin:
ameb(a) + -oid

Related forms:
a⋅me⋅boid⋅ism, noun
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a·moe·boid   (ə-mē'boid')   
adj.  Of or resembling an amoeba, especially in changeability of form and means of locomotion.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ame·boid
Variant: or chiefly British amoe·boid /&-'mE-"boid/
Function: adjective
: resembling an amebaspecifically in moving or changing shape by means of protoplasmic flow ameboid fashion —C. A. Villee etal>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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ameboid a·me·boid or a·moe·boid (ə-mē'boid')
adj.

  1. Of or resembling an ameba, especially in changeability of form and means of locomotion.

  2. Having an irregular or asymmetric outline with peripheral projections, as the outline of a group of cells growing in a nutrient culture.

amoeboid a·moe·boid (ə-mē'boid')
adj.
Variant of ameboid.

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