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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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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