All the white blood cells are able to move like an amoeba, and can migrate out of blood vessels into the surrounding tissues. Note-it is easy to confuse the different leucocytes in blood smears. To identify them, you need to look for the shape of the nucleus, and compare their size, relative to that of a red blood cell.
peri-. a prefix meaning âabout,â âaroundâ (perimeter; periscope), âenclosing,â âsurroundingâ (pericardium), ânearâ (perigee; perihelion).
Perimyotisâfrom the Greek word peri, meaning âaboutâ or âaround,â referring to the fact that this bat is closely related to the genus Myotis. Peromyscusâfrom the Greek pero, meaning âpointed,â and myskos, meaning âlittle mouse,â probably referring to the shape of the skull.