amœboid

See also: amoeboid

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amœb- +‎ -oid.

Adjective

amœboid (comparative more amœboid, superlative most amœboid)

  1. 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.

Noun

amœboid (plural amœboids)

  1. Dated spelling of amoeboid.
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