any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
amebocyte in American English
(əˈmibəˌsait)
noun
Zoology
a migratory, ameboid cell found in many invertebrates that functions in excretion, assimilation, etc
Also: amoebocyte
Word origin
[ameb(a) + -o- + -cyte]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -cyte is a combining form meaning “cell,” used as the final element in compound words.Other words that use the affix -cyte include: acanthocyte, coenocyte, solenocyte, spermatocyte, thrombocyte
Examples of 'amebocyte' in a sentence
amebocyte
The endotoxins in the field bioaerosols were determined using a limulus amebocyte lysate test.
Ming-Wei Chang, Chung-Ru Lee, Hsueh-Fen Hung, Kuo-Sheng Teng, Hsin Huang, Chun-YuChuang 2013, 'Bioaerosols from a Food Waste Composting Plant Affect Human Airway Epithelial CellRemodeling Genes', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthhttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/1/337. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The infection also caused a systemic mobilization of amebocytes and provoked amebocyte-endothelium interactions.
Cristiane LGF Mendonça, Omar S Carvalho, Ester M Mota, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, LuziaFG Caputo, Henrique L Lenzi 1999, 'Penetration Sites and Migratory Routes of Angiostrongylus costaricensis in the ExperimentalIntermediate Host (Sarasinula marginata)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000400022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results were examined through limulus amebocyte lysate clotting test.
Kang-Po Li, Ming-Kuan Hu, Cheng-Yi Cheng, Li-Fan Hsu, Ta-Kai Chou, Chyng-Yann Shiue,Daniel H Shen 2017, 'A practical and pyrogen-free preparation of 11C-L-methionine in a good manufacturingpractice-compliant approach', Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://jms.ndmctsgh.edu.tw/article.asp?issn=1011-4564;year=2017;volume=37;issue=1;spage=7;epage=11;aulast=Li. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)