amebula

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]

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]