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entamoebiasis

entamoebiasis noun: infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.

Noun

entamoebiasis (uncountable)

  1. Infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.

Forms of entamoebiasis

alternative formendamebiasis
alternative formentamebiasis

Origin of entamoebiasis

From entamoeba + -iasis.

Questions about entamoebiasis

What does entamoebiasis mean?
Entamoebiasis means infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.
What part of speech is entamoebiasis?
Entamoebiasis is a noun.

Words near entamoebiasis in the dictionary

  1. entames
  2. entaming
  3. entamoeba
  4. entamoebae
  5. entamoebas
  6. entamoebiasis
  7. entamoebic
  8. entamoebid
  9. entamoebids
  10. entangel
  11. entangeling

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