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Definition of Entamoeba
1. [n -BAE or -BAS]
Medical Definition of Entamoeba
1. A genus of ameboid protozoa characterised by the presence of beaded chromatin on the inner surface of the nuclear membrane. Its organisms are parasitic in invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entamoeba
Literary usage of Entamoeba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Cultivation of entamoeba mûris in tissue culture has been attempted but has ...
Diagnosis: entamoeba mûris is a common inhabitant of the cecum and colon of ..."
2. Transactions of the fifteenth International congress on hygiene and by Albert Hassell (1913)
"In addition to the three species mentioned; several others have been described
in man, as entamoeba tropical-is, Lesage; entamoeba minuta, Elmassian; ..."
3. A Text-book Upon the Pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoa for Students of by Joseph McFarland (1915)
"The results of his studies, as set forth in the paper, go to show that Schaudinn
was in error in regard to the developmental cycle of entamoeba histolytica, ..."
4. Diagnosis of Protozoa and Worms Parasitic in Man by Robert William Hegner, William Walter Cort (1921)
"The three important species of intestinal amoebae that have been found within
the intestine of man are entamoeba histolytica, E. coli, and Endolimax nana. ..."
5. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"... the protoplasm in the course of digestion, by the less prominent nucleus, and
by formation of spores by a process of budding with encystment. entamoeba ..."
6. Vaccine Therapy in General Practice by George Henry Sherman (1916)
"The entamoeba buccalis has been considered a possible etiologic factor in this
... 22) found the entamoeba buccalis in 300 cases of unquestioned pyorrhea, ..."
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