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Definition of Ameba
1. Noun. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
Generic synonyms: Rhizopod, Rhizopodan
Group relationships: Amoebida, Amoebina, Order Amoebida, Order Amoebina
Specialized synonyms: Endameba
Derivative terms: Ameban, Amebic, Amebous, Amoeban, Amoebic, Amoebous
Definition of Ameba
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of amoeba) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ameba
1. amoeba [n -BAS or -BAE] : AMEBAN, AMEBIC, AMEBOID [adj] - See also: amoeba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameba
Literary usage of Ameba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"The ameba became aware of the center of diffusion of the tyrosin at a ...
The ameba moved toward the tyrosin grain, then over it, then formed a food cup, ..."
2. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"ameba. SEVERAL authors have reported the finding of amebae in man, especially in
... Some investigators say that certain ameba; are strict parasites of the ..."
3. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"The ameba are a sub-class of the sarcodina which include the more common forms of
... Those best known are ameba coli (Entamoeba coli), the cause of a ..."
4. Infectious Diseases by James Cornelius Wilson, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"This i; especially true of the ameba coli mitis which Quincke demonstrated in
... In contradistinction to other ameba, it is pathogenic in cats, therefore, ..."
5. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"CHAPTER IV ameba (ameba proteus Leidy) ameba proteus (Fig. ... ameba proteus.
I, nucleus ; 2, contractile vacuole ; 3, pseudopodia, dotted line leads to ..."
6. A Text-book of Biology for Students in General, Medical and Technical Courses by William Martin Smallwood (1918)
"ameba.—When an ameba is moving about and enters a brightly illuminated area, ...
Sketches representing the reactions of an ameba proceeding toward an ..."
7. A Manual of bacteriology by Herbert Upham Williams (1906)
"The ameba of dysentery should be designated Amoeba dysenteric, limiting the ...
Many red blood-corpuscles may be seen crowded together in a single ameba. ..."
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