Word.ws English Dictionary

acanthamoebiasis

US/əˌkæn.θə.miˈbaɪ.ə.sɪs/

acanthamoebiasis noun: a rare infection by amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba.

Noun

acanthamoebiasis (countable and uncountable, plural acanthamoebiases)

  1. A rare infection by amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba.

Forms of acanthamoebiasis

pluralacanthamoebiases

Origin of acanthamoebiasis

Acanthamoeba + -iasis (“disease caused by”)

Questions about acanthamoebiasis

What does acanthamoebiasis mean?
Acanthamoebiasis means a rare infection by amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba.
What part of speech is acanthamoebiasis?
Acanthamoebiasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce acanthamoebiasis?
Acanthamoebiasis is pronounced /əˌkæn.θə.miˈbaɪ.ə.sɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of acanthamoebiasis?
The plural of acanthamoebiasis is acanthamoebiases.

Words near acanthamoebiasis in the dictionary

  1. acanthamebiasis
  2. acanthamoeba
  3. acanthamoebae
  4. acanthamoebal
  5. acanthamoebiases
  6. acanthamoebiasis
  7. acanthamoebic
  8. acanthamoebid
  9. acanthamoebids
  10. acantharean
  11. acanthareans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: acanthamoebiasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “acanthamoebiasis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/acanthamoebiasis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.