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a⋅moe⋅bic

  [uh-mee-bik]
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–adjective
amebic.

a⋅me⋅bic

  [uh-mee-bik]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling an ameba.
2. characterized by or due to the presence of amebas, as certain diseases.
Also, amoebic.

Origin:
ameb(a) + -ic
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a·moe·ba also a·me·ba   (ə-mē'bə)   
n.   pl. a·moe·bas also a·me·bas or a·moe·bae also a·me·bae (-bē)
Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.

[New Latin, genus name, from Greek amoibē, change, from ameibein, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
a·moe'bic (-bĭk) adj.
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amebic a·me·bic or amoebic (ə-mē'bĭk)
adj.
Relating to, resembling, or caused by amebas.

amoebic a·moe·bic (ə-mē'bĭk)
adj.
Variant of amebic.

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