a temporary projection from the cell of an amoeboid protozoan, leucocyte, etc, used for feeding and locomotion
Examples of 'pseudopodia' in a sentence
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Once the stellate pseudopodia extended, none retracted, and cells became completely immobile.
Caudell Eva G, Miyamoto Yuko J, Teague T Kent, Wooten David K, Woodside Darren G,Udagawa Taturo, Andruss Bernard F, McIntyre Bradley W 2003, 'Control of T lymphocyte morphology by the GTPase Rho', BMC Cell Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2121/4/2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
De novo pseudopodia are extended in nearly random directions thereby interrupting the zigzag runs.
Leonard Bosgraaf, Peter J. M. Van Haastert 2009, 'The Ordered Extension of Pseudopodia by Amoeboid Cells in the Absence of ExternalCues', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0005253. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Almost all of the patients had hyphae moss, pseudopodia, immune ring, and satellite signs.
Tian Tian, Peng-Peng Tian 2016, 'Clinical characteristics and distribution of pathogens in fungal keratitis', Guoji Yanke Zazhihttp://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/1/201601034.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most single cells move by extending protrusions called pseudopodia.
Peter J M Van Haastert 2010, 'A model for a correlated random walk based on the ordered extension of pseudopodia.',PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2920832?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
C3 exposure did not cause platelet aggregation, and only slight pseudopodia formation was noted.
Martin J. Page, Janette Bester, Etheresia Pretorius 2018, 'The inflammatory effects of TNF-α and complement component 3 on coagulation', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-20220-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They then spread extending pseudopodia in multiple directions.
Giselle Chamberlain, Helen Smith, G. Ed Rainger, Jim Middleton 2011, 'Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exhibit Firm Adhesion, Crawling, Spreading and Transmigrationacross Aortic Endothelial Cells: Effects of Chemokines and Shear', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0025663. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient presented with corneal epithelial opacities with pseudopodia-like extensions in both eyes.
Luciene Alves da Silva Santos, Renata Leal Barbosa, Luciene Barbosa de Sousa 2004, 'Neoplasia intra-epitelial córneo-conjuntival (NIC): relato de um caso atípico Conjunctivalcorneal intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): report of an atypical case', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492004000500023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It propagates networks by growing pseudopodia to connect scattered nutrients (pieces of food).
Schumann Andrew, Pancerz Krzysztof 2016, 'Logics for Physarum Chips', Studia Humanahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sh.2016.5.issue-1/sh-2016-0002/sh-2016-0002.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, neutrophil pseudopodia underwent alterations during the early stages of phagocytosis.
S.N. Pleskova, R.N. Kriukov, E.N. Gorshkova, A.V. Boryakov 2019, 'Characteristics of quantum dots phagocytosis by neutrophil granulocytes', Heliyonhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018368348. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
If not resected completely, these pseudopodia may increase the risk of recurrence after excision of pleomorphic adenoma.
K Devaraja, Rajeev Kumar, Prem Sagar, Adarsh Barwad 2019, 'Intraductal pseudopodia in pleomorphic adenoma of parotid gland', Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiologyhttp://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2019;volume=62;issue=1;spage=117;epage=118;aulast=Devaraja. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)