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AMOEBIASIS (amoebiases)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amoebiasis mean? 

AMOEBIASIS (noun)
  The noun AMOEBIASIS has 1 sense:

1. infection by a disease-causing amebaplay

  Familiarity information: AMOEBIASIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMOEBIASIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Infection by a disease-causing ameba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amebiasis; amebiosis; amoebiasis; amoebiosis

Hypernyms ("amoebiasis" is a kind of...):

protozoal infection (any infection caused by a protozoan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amoebiasis"):

amebic dysentery; amoebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea)


 Context examples 


A synthetic derivative of emetine; used in the treatment of intestinal amoebiasis.

(Dehydroemetine, NCI Thesaurus)

The pathogenesis of amoebiasis begins with parasite attachment and disruption of the intestinal mucus layer, followed by apoptosis of host epithelial cells.

(Amoebiasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)



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