Amoebiasis

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Disease associated with the presence of amoebas. uncountable
  2. 2
    infection by a disease-causing ameba wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various such diseases; most especially countable
  4. 4
    Any of various such diseases; most especially:; An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery. countable

Etymology

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

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