- ameba ame·ba Am [ə'miːbə] n
- ameba
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ameba ame·ba Am [ə'miːbə] n
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Ameba — Also amoeba. A single celled (protozoan) organism that constantly changes shape. The word “ameba” is from the Greek “amoibe” meaning “change.” Ameba can infect the bowels to cause diarrhea and the liver to cause abscess formation. * * * Common… … Medical dictionary
amoeba — a|moe|ba also ameba AmE [əˈmi:bə] n or [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek amoibe change ] a very small creature that has only one cell >amoebic adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
amoeba — also ameba AmE noun plural amoebas or amoebae (C) a very small creature that has only one cell … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ameboid — 1. Resembling an ameba in appearance or characteristics. 2. Of irregular outline with peripheral projections; denoting the outline of a form of colony in plate culture. [ameba + G. eidos, appearance] * * * ame·boid or chiefly Brit amoe·boid ə mē … Medical dictionary
amebiform — Of the shape or appearance of an ameba. [ameba + L. forma, shape] * * * ame·bi·form or chiefly Brit amoe·bi·form ə mē bə .fȯrm adj AMEBOID * * * ame·bi·form (ə meґbĭ form) shaped like or resembling an ameba … Medical dictionary
amebula — Term applied to the excysted young amebas of Entamoeba species that emerge from the cyst in the human or vertebrate gut and their immediate progeny, usually totalling eight, prior to their localization in the large intestine. [fr. G. amoibe, a… … Medical dictionary
American English — 1. general. Fowler in Modern English Usage (1926) did not include an entry on American English and said little on the subject, although he cast occasional aspersions on so called ‘undesirable aliens’ (such as belittle). Since then attitudes to… … Modern English usage
amebicide — Any agent that causes the destruction of amebas. SYN: amebacide. [ameba + L. caedo, to kill] * * * ame·bi·cide also ame·ba·cide or chiefly Brit amoe·bi·cide also amoe·ba·cide ə mē bə .sīd n a substance used to kill or capable of killing amebas… … Medical dictionary
Amebiasis — The state of being infected with amebae, especially with the ameba Entamoeba histolytica. * * * Infection with the protozoon Entamoeba histolytica. [ameba + G. iasis, condition] canine a. infection of dogs with Entamoeba histolytica acquired from … Medical dictionary
Mashiro — cantando en vivo en su primer aniversario Datos generales Nacimiento 20 de julio de 1987 (24 años) … Wikipedia Español
amebocyte — 1. A wandering cell found in invertebrates. 2. Obsolete term for leukocyte. 3. An in vitro tissue culture leukocyte. [ameba, + kytos, cell] * * * ame·bo·cyte or chiefly Brit amoe·bo·cyte ə mē bə .sīt … Medical dictionary
