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ent⋅a⋅me⋅ba

  [en-tuh-mee-buh]
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–noun, plural -bae  [-bee] , -bas. Biology.
any protozoan of the genus Entamoeba, members of which are parasitic in vertebrates, including the human pathogens E. gingivalis, found in dental plaque, and E. histolytica, the cause of amebic dysentery.
Also, ent⋅a⋅moe⋅ba.
Compare endameba.

Origin:
< NL; see ento-, ameba
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Main Entry: ent·ame·ba
Variant: or chiefly British ent·amoe·ba /"ent-&-'mE-b&/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ent·ame·bas or ent·ame·bae /-(")bE/
: any ameba of the genus Entamoeba —ent·ame·bic or chiefly British ent·amoe·bic /-bik/ adjective
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entameba en·ta·me·ba or en·ta·moe·ba (ěn'tə-mē'bə) or en·da·me·ba or en·da·moe·ba (ěn'də-)
n.
A parasitic ameba of the genus Entamoeba.

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