Amoeboidism

/əˈmiːbɔɪˌdɪzəm/ noun

The quality or condition of being amoeboid; the state of having amoeba-like properties or movement.

From amoeboid + -ism (Greek -isma, a condition or practice). A term developed in late 19th-century biology to describe observable cellular behaviors.

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