endameba

American

[en-duh-mee-buh] / ˌɛn dəˈmi bə /

Or endamoeba

noun

Biology.

PLURAL

endamebae, endamebas

any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.

Other Word Forms

endamebic adjective
endamoebic adjective

Etymology

Origin of endameba

< New Latin (1879); end-, ameba

Example Sentences

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Pyorrhea, or Riggs’s disease, affects the tissues surrounding the root of the tooth, and is accompanied with infection by pus bacteria, and possibly also by animal parasites, termed endameba.

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