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amœbiasis

amœbiasis is the archaic spelling of amoebiasis.

Meaning of amoebiasis

Noun

amoebiasis (plural amoebiases)

  1. (uncountable) Disease associated with the presence of amoebas.
  2. (countable) Any of various such diseases; most especially
  3. (countable) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

Forms of amœbiasis

pluralamœbiases

Origin of amœbiasis

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amœb- + -iasis.

Questions about amœbiasis

What is amœbiasis the archaic spelling of?
Amœbiasis is the archaic spelling of amoebiasis.

Words near amœbiasis in the dictionary

  1. amœb-
  2. amœba
  3. amœbal
  4. amœbas
  5. amœbiases
  6. amœbiasis
  7. amœbic
  8. amœbicidal
  9. amœbicide
  10. amœbicides
  11. amœbo-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amœbiasis (page history and authors); amoebiasis (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.

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