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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amebiosis

amearst
ameba
amebae
amebalike
ameban
amebas
amebean
amebiases
amebiasis
amebic
amebic dysentery
amebicidal
amebicide
amebicides
amebiform
amebiosis (current term)
amebocyte
amebocytes
ameboid
ameboid cell
ameboid movement
ameboididity
ameboidism
ameboma
amebous
amebula
amebule
ameburia
amedalin
ameer

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. ..."

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