uropod
English
Noun
uropod (plural uropods)
- (anatomy) either of the two posterior abdominal appendages of the lobster, shrimp and some other crustaceans
- (immunology) the hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis
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