- ameboid cell
- any cell capable of ameboid movement; called also amebocyte and wandering c.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ameboid cell
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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
ameboid movement — movement characteristic of amebae and leukocytes by extension of the plasma membrane to form a balloonlike pseudopodium that attaches to the substrate and into which the cytosol flows, moving the cell forward. Movement is accompanied by cyclic… … Medical dictionary
Wandering cell — In anatomy and histology, the term wandering cell (or ameboid cell) is used to describe cells that are found in loose connective tissue, but aren t fixed in place. Examples of wandering cells include mast cells and macrophages.ee also*… … Wikipedia
wandering cell — n any of various ameboid phagocytic tissue cells * * * ameboid c … Medical dictionary
fixed cell — n a usu. large, irregular, and branching phagocytic cell existing in certain tissues (as connective tissue), lymph nodes, or spleen but sometimes becoming ameboid and moving through the tissues … Medical dictionary
amebocyte — 1. A wandering cell found in invertebrates. 2. Obsolete term for leukocyte. 3. An in vitro tissue culture leukocyte. [ameba, + kytos, cell] * * * ame·bo·cyte or chiefly Brit amoe·bo·cyte ə mē bə .sīt … Medical dictionary
ar|chae|o|cyte — «AHR kee uh syt», noun. Zoology. an undifferentiated, itinerant cell, especially an ameboid cell, which gives rise to reproductive cells, such as in the sponge embryo. Also, archeocyte. ╂[< archaeo + Greek kýtos hollow, cell] … Useful english dictionary
amebocyte — /euh mee beuh suyt /, n. Zool. a migratory, ameboid cell found in many invertebrates that functions in excretion, assimilation, etc. Also, amoebocyte. [AMEB(A) + O + CYTE] * * * … Universalium
ameboididity — The power of locomotion after the manner of an ameboid cell. SYN: amebaism (2) … Medical dictionary
wandering — Moving about; not fixed; abnormally motile. [A.S. wandrian, to wander] * * * wan·der·ing wän də riŋ adj FLOATING <a wandering spleen> wandering n movement of a tooth out of its normal position esp. as a result of periodontal disease * * *… … Medical dictionary
