AMOEBIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amoebic mean? 

• AMOEBIC (adjective)
  The adjective AMOEBIC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to or resembling amoebae

  Familiarity information: AMOEBIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMOEBIC (adjective)

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:

amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)

 Context examples 

The parasite can cause extraintestinal infection, like amoebic liver abscess, by evading the immune response.

(Amoebiasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Several amoebic proteins such as lectins, cysteine proteinases, and amoebapores are associated with the invasion process.

(Amoebiasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Intestinal tissue destruction causes severe dysentery and ulcerations in amoebic colitis.

(Amoebiasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)