noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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. uncountable

Etymology

From entamoeba + -iasis.

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