Medical term:
pseudopod
pseu·do·po·di·um
, pl.pseu·do·po·di·a
(sū'dō-pō'dē-ŭm, -pō'-dē-ă),A temporary protoplasmic process, put forth by an ameboid stage or amebic protozoan for locomotion or for prehension of food.
Synonym(s): pseudopod
[pseudo- + G. pous, foot]
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pseudopod
(so͞o′də-pŏd′)n.
A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, especially amoebas, that serves in locomotion and phagocytosis.
pseu·dop′o·dal (-dŏp′ə-dl), pseu′do·po′di·al (-pō′dē-əl) adj.
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pseu·do·po·di·um
, pl. pseudopodia (sū'dō-pō'dē-ŭm, -ă)A temporary protoplasmic process, put forth by an ameboid stage or amebic protozoan for locomotion or for prehension of food.
Synonym(s): pseudopod.
Synonym(s): pseudopod.
[pseudo- + G. pous, foot]
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