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Definition of Amebiosis
1. Noun. Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
Exact synonyms: Amebiasis, Amoebiasis, Amoebiosis
Specialized synonyms: Amebic Dysentery, Amoebic Dysentery
Generic synonyms: Protozoal Infection
Specialized synonyms: Amebic Dysentery, Amoebic Dysentery
Generic synonyms: Protozoal Infection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amebiosis
Literary usage of Amebiosis
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 (1917)
"I agree with Musgrave that the condition should be more correctly given the name
of "intestinal amebiosis." The disease is widely prevalent in Egypt, India, ..."
2. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"amebiosis, am-e-bi'-o-sis. State of being infected by amebas. Amebocyte, am-e1 ~bo~slt.
A leukocyte. Ame'boid. Having the movements of an ameba. Ameb'ula. ..."