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Definition of Amebae
1. ameba [n] - See also: ameba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amebae
Literary usage of Amebae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1912)
"E In addition to the dysenteric amebas which have been described, amebae ...
Musgrave is skeptical as regards the existence of non-pathogenic amebae. ..."
2. West Virginia Medical Journal by West Virginia State Medical Association (1907)
"It should be kept up until all of the amebae have been destroyed, and the ulcers
in the intestine caused by the amebae have healed. ..."
3. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"July 5, we found many amebae in motion and large amounts of blood. At noon we
began to give 10 ... July 10, we found large quantities of amebae and blood. ..."
4. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"Perhaps some slight injury to the membranes or the combined action of the amebae
and certain bacteria is necessary to start the process. ..."
5. Elements of Clinical Bacteriology for Physicians and Students by Felix Klemperer, Ernst Levy (1900)
"It may yet be mentioned that the amebae are rather indifferent to the action of
tannic acid (0.3 per cent.) and of boric acid (i per cent), while quinin, ..."
6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Williams and Calkins (1913) cultivated amebae on a rich brain medium; ... It is
possible that some other types of amebae have been cultivated from the feces ..."
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