endamoeba

end·a·me·ba

[en-duh-mee-buh]
noun, plural end·a·me·bae [-bee] , end·a·me·bas. Biology.
any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.
Also, end·a·moe·ba.


Origin:
< Neo-Latin (1879); see end-, ameba

end·a·me·bic, end·a·moe·bic, adjective
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endamoeba or (US) endameba (ˌɛndəˈmiːbə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -bae, -bas
variants of entamoeba
 
endameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛndəˈmiːbə, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n

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endamoeba or (US) endameba (ˌɛndəˈmiːbə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -bae, -bas
variants of entamoeba
 
endameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛndəˈmiːbə, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n

entamoeba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -bae, -bas
any parasitic amoeba of the genus Entamoeba (or Endamoeba), esp E. histolytica, which lives in the intestines of man and causes amoebic dysentery
 
endamoeba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
entameba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
endameba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː, -biː, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n

entamoeba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -bae, -bas
any parasitic amoeba of the genus Entamoeba (or Endamoeba), esp E. histolytica, which lives in the intestines of man and causes amoebic dysentery
 
endamoeba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
entameba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
 
endameba, (US) endamoeba, (US) entameba or (US) endameba (ˌɛntəˈmiːbə, -biː, -biː, -biː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n

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endameba en·da·me·ba or en·da·moe·ba (ěn'də-mē'bə)
n.
Variant of entameba.

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