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AMEBIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amebic mean?
• AMEBIC (adjective)
The adjective AMEBIC has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or resembling amoebae
Familiarity information: AMEBIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or resembling amoebae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
ameban; amebic; amebous; amoeban; amoebic; amoebous
Context example:
amoebic dysentery
Pertainym:
amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
Derivation:
ameba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
Context examples
This condition may be associated with amebic infection of the liver and other distant sites.
(Amebic Colitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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