a·me·bu·la
, pl. a·me·bu·lae
(ă-mē'byū-lă, -lē), The excysted young amebae, usually totaling eight, of Entamoeba species, and their immediate progeny, which emerge from the cyst in the vertebrate gut, before their localization in the large intestine.
[fr. G. amoibē, a change, alteration]
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a·me·bu·la
, pl. amebulae (ă-mē'bū-lă, -lē) The excysted young amebae, usually totaling eight, of Entamoeba species, and their immediate progeny, which emerge from the cyst in the vertebrate gut, before their localization in the large intestine.
[fr. G. amoibē, a change, alteration]
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