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AMEBIOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does amebiosis mean?

• AMEBIOSIS (noun)
The noun AMEBIOSIS has 1 sense:

1. infection by a disease-causing ameba

Familiarity information: AMEBIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AMEBIOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Infection by a disease-causing ameba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amebiasis; amebiosis; amoebiasis; amoebiosis

Hypernyms ("amebiosis" is a kind of...):

protozoal infection (any infection caused by a protozoan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amebiosis"):

amebic dysentery; amoebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea)

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