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Entamoeba
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Entamoeba /Ent·amoe·ba/ (en″tah-me´bah) a genus of amebas parasitic in the intestines of vertebrates, including three species commonly parasitic in humans: E. co´li, found in the intestinal tract; E. gingiva´lis (E. bucca´lis), found in the mouth; and E. histoly´tica, the cause of amebic dysentery and tropical abscess of the liver.
Entamoeba
n.
A genus of amebas whose members are parasitic in the cecum and large bowel of humans and many mammals and birds. E. histolytica, the only distinct pathogen of the genus, causes amebic dysentery and hepatic amebiasis.
Entamoeba
[en′təmē′bə]
Etymology: Gk, entos, within, amoibe, change
a genus of intestinal amebic parasites of which several species are pathogenic to humans. See also Entamoeba histolytica.


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