Words similar to retracting

Example sentences for: retracting

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Filopodia or microspikes extend actively from the cell surface, whereas retraction fibers are extensions that have been left behind by a retracting lamellipodium or that are derived from an attached filopodium.
The fibroblast-like cells were much larger than the initial cells and quite mobile, extending and retracting usually about a broad, fixed cup, or pseudopod.