ameba

ameba definition - medical

a·me·ba or amoeba (ə-mēˈbə)

noun pl. a·me·bas or a·me·bae (-bē)
A protozoa of the genus Amoeba and of related genera, occurring in soil and water and parasitic in animals.

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