AMOEBIASIS

amebiasis, amoebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis

(noun) infection by a disease-causing ameba

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

amoebiasis (plural amoebiases)

(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

Source: Wiktionary



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11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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