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amoebacide

amoebacide is the alternative form of amebicide.

Meaning of amebicide

Noun

amebicide (plural amebicides)

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

Forms of amoebacide

pluralamoebacides

Origin of amoebacide

From amoeba + -cide.

Questions about amoebacide

What is amoebacide the alternative form of?
Amoebacide is the alternative form of amebicide.

Words near amoebacide in the dictionary

  1. amodiaquone
  2. Amodio
  3. Amodios
  4. amoeb-
  5. amoeba
  6. amoebacide
  7. amoebacides
  8. amoebae
  9. amoebaea
  10. amoebaean
  11. amoebaeum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amoebacide (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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