amœboid
See also: amoeboid
English edit
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amœb- + -oid.
Adjective edit
amœboid (comparative more amœboid, superlative most amœboid)
- Dated spelling of amoeboid.
- 1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page #48:
- Perhaps the most striking property of the leucocytes as a class in their power of making amœboid movements—a characteristic which has gained for them the sobriquet of “ wandering ” cells.
- 1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page #48:
Noun edit
amœboid (plural amœboids)