Preferred Label : acanthopodina;
MeSH definition : A suborder of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include subpseudopodia that are more
or less finely tipped, occasionally filiform, commonly furcate hyaline, and produced
from a broad hyaline lobe. Cysts are usually formed and nuclear division is mesomitotic
or metamitotic.;
MeSH synonym : acanthopodinas;
MeSH annotation : infection: coordinate IM with AMEBIASIS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms
(ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent;
Origin ID : D016842;
UMLS CUI : C0085371;
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A suborder of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include subpseudopodia that are more
or less finely tipped, occasionally filiform, commonly furcate hyaline, and produced
from a broad hyaline lobe. Cysts are usually formed and nuclear division is mesomitotic
or metamitotic.