ameboid locomotion

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• pseudopodium — A temporary protoplasmic process, put forth by an ameboid stage or amebic protozoan for locomotion or for prehension of food. SYN: pseudopod. [pseudo + G. pous, foot] * * * pseu·do·po·di·um .süd ə pōd ē əm n …   Medical dictionary

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary

• Chemotaxis — is the phenomenon in which somatic cells, bacteria, and other single cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. This is important for bacteria to find food (for example, glucose) by …   Wikipedia

• movement — 1. The act of motion; said of the entire body or of one or more of its members or parts. 2. SYN: stool. 3. SYN: defecation. [L. moveo, pp. motus, to move] active m. 1. m. effected by the organism itself, unaided by external influences. 2. in… …   Medical dictionary

• ameboididity — The power of locomotion after the manner of an ameboid cell. SYN: amebaism (2) …   Medical dictionary

• Sarcodina — The amebae; a subphylum of protozoa in the phylum Sarcomastigophora, possessing pseudopodia or locomotive protoplasmic flow for movement. Includes forms that possess flagella during development and forms with an internal or external test or …   Medical dictionary

• Piroplasmia — Pi·ro·plas·mia (pi″ro plaz meґə) [L. pirum pear + plasma] a subclass of heteroxenous parasitic protozoa (class Sporozoea, subphylum Apicomplexa), occurring as piriform, round, or rod shaped cells or ameboid cells without a conoid,… …   Medical dictionary