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pseudopod
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pseu·do·pod  (sd-pd)
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·dopo·dal (-dp-dl), pseudo·podi·al (-pd-l) adj.
pseudopod (sd-pd) also pseudopodium  (sd-pd-m)
Plural pseudopods or pseudopodia
A temporary footlike extension of a one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, used for moving about and for surrounding and taking in food.
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Noun1.pseudopod - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotionpseudopod - temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopodium
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
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Amoebas move by extending protuberances known as pseudopods.
How smart are amoebas? by Science News
Effect of Iso on changes in surface morphology of rat neutrophils In comparison with the surface of unstimulated rat neutrophils, the ruffles and pseudopods on the surface of neutrophils stimulated with PMA (100 ng/ml) were increased.
Effect of isorhapontigenin on respiratory burst of rat neutrophils by Fang, Ya Nan; Liu, Geng Tao / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
8,9) After adhering to the subendothelium, platelets undergo a cytoskeletal activation that leads to a shape change with development of pseudopods.
The laboratory diagnosis of platelet disorders: an algorithmic ... by Kottke-Marchant, Kandice; Corcoran, George / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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