amoeboid
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- amoeboidism noun
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The growth forms whimsical amoeboid blobs, or you can train the leader to creep on rocks and fences.
His bulbous and amoeboid pieces have a suppleness and buoyancy that seem to defy gravity and the materials from which they are made.
From Los Angeles Times
The cell skeleton component actin is present in all eukaryotes, and plays a major role in things like growth and amoeboid movement.
From Scientific American
Such amoeboid and wandering cells represent a means through which the growth of the tumor may become extended in its vicinity as well as in more remote parts of the body.
From Project Gutenberg
In the case of the latter, points such as their slower growth, their less amoeboid character, and their size furnish the means of distinction.
From Project Gutenberg
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