lamellipodium

lamellipodium
A cytoplasmic veil produced on all sides of migrating polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

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la·mel·li·po·di·um lə-.mel-i-'pō-dē-əm n, pl -po·dia -dē-ə any of the motile sheetlike cytoplasmic extensions characteristic of some migrating cells (as macrophages)

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la·mel·li·po·di·um (lə-mel″ĭ-poґde-əm) singular of lamellipodia.

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