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Definition of Genus Endamoeba
1. Noun. The type genus of the family Endamoebidae.
Exact synonyms: Endamoeba
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Endamoebidae, Family Endamoebidae
Member holonyms: Endamoeba Histolytica
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Endamoebidae, Family Endamoebidae
Member holonyms: Endamoeba Histolytica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Endamoeba
Literary usage of Genus Endamoeba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and (1913)
"Amoeba, calling it Amoeba coli; in 1879, or four years after the discovery of
Amoeba coli, Leidy established the genus Endamoeba for the parasitic ameba of ..."
2. Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods by James Campbell Todd (1918)
"genus Endamoeba.—1. Endamoeba histolytica. —This organism is found, often in
large numbers, in the stools of tropical dysentery and in the pus and walls of ..."