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endameba

or Ի··DZ·

[ en-duh-mee-buh ]

noun

Biology.
plural endamebae endamebas.
  1. any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.


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Other Word Forms

  • Իa·b Իa·DZb adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endameba1

< New Latin (1879); end-, ameba
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Example Sentences

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Pyorrhea, or Riggs’s disease, affects the tissues surrounding the root of the tooth, and is accompanied with infection by pus bacteria, and possibly also by animal parasites, termed endameba.

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