amoebas
Shapeless single cells
Amoebas is the plural of amoeba, a single-celled organism that moves by extending temporary projections of its cytoplasm.
These microscopic creatures live in water, soil, and as parasites.
Figuratively, something amoeba-like lacks fixed shape or direction: The company's strategy was as formless as an amoeba.
Also spelled amoebae.
Without distinct shape
- pseudopodTemporary cellular projection
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- proteanReadily changing form
- fluidSubstance that flows
malleable · bloblike · formless · oozing · flowing · engulfing · extending · retracting
One cell only
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
plasma membrane · contractile vacuole · endoplasm · ectoplasm · binary fission · vacuole · cell membrane · organelles
Single-celled eukaryotic organisms
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- parameciumCiliated slipper-shaped protozoan
- euglenaPlant-animal hybrid microbe
- giardiaWaterborne intestinal parasite
microbes · microbiology · cultures · petri dish · microscopy · slime mold · freshwater · pond water
Existing from the start
origins · evolution · prehistoric · fossils · prokaryotes · biogenesis · Precambrian · single-celled
Bloody intestinal infection
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
- waterborneCarried by liquid flow
contamination · tropical · intestinal · disease · liver abscess · fecal-oral
amorphous
Without distinct shape
- pseudopodTemporary cellular projection
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- proteanReadily changing form
fluid · malleable · bloblike · formless · oozing · flowing · engulfing · extending · retracting · blob
unicellular
One cell only
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
mitosis · plasma membrane · contractile vacuole · endoplasm · ectoplasm · binary fission · vacuole · cell membrane · organelles · mitochondria
protozoa
Single-celled eukaryotic organisms
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- parameciumCiliated slipper-shaped protozoan
- euglenaPlant-animal hybrid microbe
giardia · microbes · microbiology · cultures · petri dish · microscopy · slime mold · freshwater · pond water · soil
primordial
Existing from the start
ancestral · origins · evolution · prehistoric · fossils · prokaryotes · biogenesis · Precambrian · single-celled · rudimentary
dysentery
Bloody intestinal infection
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
waterborne · contamination · tropical · intestinal · disease · liver abscess · fecal-oral
- micrograzersflagellates, paramecium, protozoa, protists, vorticella
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- heterotrophsheterotrophs, consumers, fungi, animals, humans
- microorganismsparamecium, euglena, protozoa, protozoan, protists
- protistsciliate, dinoflagellate, Paramecium, paramecium, euglena
- protozoaparamecium, euglena, ciliate, flagellates, flagellate
- brain-eating amoebaLethal single-celled water pathogen
- amoebic dysenteryParasitic bowel infection