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amoeboma

amoeboma is the alternative spelling of ameboma.

Meaning of ameboma

Noun

ameboma (plural amebomas or amebomata)

  1. A rare complication of entamoeba histolytica, where in response to the infecting amoeba there is formation of annular colonic granulation, which results in a large local lesion of the bowel.

Forms of amoeboma

pluralamoebomas
pluralamoebomata

Origin of amoeboma

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amoeb- + -oma.

Questions about amoeboma

What is amoeboma the alternative spelling of?
Amoeboma is the alternative spelling of ameboma.

Words near amoeboma in the dictionary

  1. amoeboid
  2. amoeboidal
  3. amoeboidally
  4. amoeboidism
  5. amoeboids
  6. amoeboma
  7. amoebomas
  8. amoebomata
  9. amoebophobia
  10. amoeboses
  11. amoebosis

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