Medical term:
Sarcodina
Sarcodina
[sahr″ko-di´nah]a subphylum of Protozoa, including all the amebae, both free-living and parasitic, characterized by the ability to produce pseudopodia during most of the life cycle; flagella, when present, develop only during the early stages.
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Sar·co·di·na
(sar'kō-dī'nă, -dē'nă),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 skeleton and others lacking such a structure; asexual reproduction occurs by fission, and sexual reproduction, if present, by flagellate or ameboid gametes; most species are free-living.
[Mod. L. fr. G. sarx, flesh]
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Sar·co·di·na
(sahr'kō-dī'nă)The amebae; a subphylum of protozoa possessing pseudopodia or locomotive protoplasmic flow. Most species are free living.
[Mod. L. fr. G. sarx, flesh]
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Sarcodina
see RHIZOPOD.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Sar·co·di·na
(sahr'kō-dī'nă)The amebae. Most species are free living.
[Mod. L. fr. G. sarx, flesh]
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