entameba

American

[en-tuh-mee-buh] / ˌɛn təˈmi bə /

Or entamoeba

noun

Biology.

entamebae, entamebas

any protozoan of the genus Entamoeba, members of which are parasitic in vertebrates, including the human pathogens E. gingivalis, found in dental plaque, and E. histolytica, the cause of amebic dysentery.

From New Latin; ento-, ameba

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