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Amebism

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• Amebocyte

  a migratory, ameboid cell found in many invertebrates that functions in excretion, -ssimilation, etc. amebocyte a·me·bo·cyte or a·moe·bo·cyte (ə-mē’bə-sīt’) n. an ameboid cell, such as a white blood cell. a blood cell in an in vitro tissue culture.

• Ameboid cell

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

• Ameboid

  resembling or related to . historical examples the eel had been challenged by the ameboid monster, and they were fighting for possession of him—the common prey. astounding stories, april, 1931 various the known mechanisms for this in the body are ameboid cells, especially the phagocytes. the fundamentals of bacteriology charles bradfield morrey they embrace and […]

• Ameboma

  ameboma ameboma am·e·bo·ma (ām’ə-bō’mə) n. an inflamed, tumorlike, spreading nodule that occasionally develops in chronic amebiasis, often in the wall of the colon. also called amebic granuloma.

• Amebula

  amebula amebula a·me·bu·la (ə-mē’byə-lə) n. pl. a·me·bu·las or a·me·bu·lae (-lē’) any of the young amebas of entamoeba species and their immediate progeny that emerge from the cyst in the human gut before localizing in the large intestine. the ameboid spores of protozoa and other organisms.

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