Sarcodina /Sar·co·di·na/ (-di´nah) a subphylum of protozoa consisting of organisms that alter their body shape and that move about and acquire food either by means of pseudopodia or by protoplasmic flow without producing discrete pseudopodia.
sarcodina.
Sarcodina [sahr″ko-di´nah]
sarcocarcinoma (sar´kōkär´s
nō´-m),
Sar·co·di·na (sär k -d  n , -d -)n. A superclass of protozoans that includes the rhizopods. |
sarcodina.
See protozoa.
Sarcodina [sahr″ko-di´nah]
a subphylum of Protozoa, including all the amebae, both free-living and parasitic, characterized by the ability to produce pseudopodia during most of the life cycle; flagella, when present, develop only during the early stages.
sarcocarcinoma (sar´kōkär´s
nō´-m),n a mixed tumor with characteristics of both sarcomas and carcinomas.
Sarcodina
n.pl also called
amoebae, a subphylum of sarcomastigophora of parasitic protozoa, which causes diseases such as dysentery and meningocephalitis by drinking, swimming, or bathing in water contaminated with feces.
amoebae, a subphylum of sarcomastigophora of parasitic protozoa, which causes diseases such as dysentery and meningocephalitis by drinking, swimming, or bathing in water contaminated with feces.
Sarcodina
a subphylum of Protozoa, including all the amebae, both freeliving and parasitic, characterized by the ability to produce pseudopodia during most of the life cycle; flagella, when present, develop only during the early stages.
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