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Entamoeba histolytica
[his′təlit′ikə] a pathogenic species of ameba that causes amebic dysentery and hepatic amebiasis in humans. See also amebiasis, amebic dysentery, hepatic amebiasis. Entamoeba histolytica Parasitology A protozoan that normally resides in the large intestine and may, under abnormal conditions, become pathogenic, enter the mucosa, producing flask-like ulcers and amebic dysentery; it may seed to other
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