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amœbicide

amœbicide is the archaic spelling of amebicide.

Meaning of amebicide

Noun

amebicide (plural amebicides)

  1. A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.

Forms of amœbicide

pluralamœbicides

Origin of amœbicide

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

Words formed from amœbicide

Questions about amœbicide

What is amœbicide the archaic spelling of?
Amœbicide is the archaic spelling of amebicide.

Words near amœbicide in the dictionary

  1. amœbas
  2. amœbiases
  3. amœbiasis
  4. amœbic
  5. amœbicidal
  6. amœbicide
  7. amœbicides
  8. amœbo-
  9. amœbocyte
  10. amœbocytes
  11. amœboid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amœbicide (page history and authors); amebicide (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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