The ameba is a very simple organism.

变形虫是很简单的生物体。

Ameboid Describing an organism that resemble an ameba in shape and movement.

似变形虫的（阿米巴样的）：在外形和运动方面类似变形虫的生物体。

Disease caused by infestation of tissue with filariae.

肠内感染由于变形虫所引起。

Under conditions of food shortage or other stresses, they come together to form a slug-like aggregation of maebas called a pseudoplasmodium, which acts like an individual organism.

在食物短缺或其他压力胁迫的条件下，可以形成变形虫的集合体，叫做伪原生质团，成为一种独立的生物体。