Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cell, such as a leukocyte, having amoeboid form or motion.
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- noun Any
cell that has the form or motion of anamoeba . - noun A
leukocyte , especially in anin vitro culture.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[amoeb(a) + –cyte.]
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Examples
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The endotoxin level was 0.8 EU/mg sCD14 as determined by limulus amoebocyte lysate assay (Lonza, Verviers, Belgium).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Adam A. Anas et al. 2010
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There’s a substance in the blood of the horseshoe crab— LAL, which stands for limulus amoebocyte lysate—which is used to test medical drugs for contamination and to detect vitamin B-12 deficiencies.
Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997
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