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amoebic
[ uh-mee-bik ]
/ əˈmi bɪk /
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adjective
a variant of amebic.
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Words nearby amoebic
A-mode, “A Modest Proposal”, amoeba, amoebaean, amoebiasis, amoebic, amoebic dysentery, amoebocyte, amoeboid, amok, amokura
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How to use amoebic in a sentence
The black mass on the mountain came down like amoebic tentacles, met and coalesced, muttering and mumbling.
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940|VariousAnd I got amoebic dysentery in Louisiana, and got very sick.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAmong the well-known human diseases of protozoan origin are malaria, amoebic dysentery, and sleeping-sickness.
The chief cause of amoebic dysentery in the Philippines has undoubtedly been infected drinking water.
The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2)|Dean Conant Worcester
Medical definitions for amoebic
amoebic
[ ə-mē′bĭk ]
adj.
Variant ofamebic
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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