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Ameboid

adjective
1.
Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).  Synonym: amoeboid.






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"Ameboid" Quotes from Famous Books



... passes through these capillaries with a regular current, the red cells or corpuscles floating rapidly in the fluid in the center of the channel, while the white or ameboid cells are attracted to the walls of the vessels and move very slowly. The supply of blood is regulated by the condition of repose or activity of the tissue, and under normal conditions the outflow exactly compensates the supply. The caliber of the blood vessels, ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture



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