n :  a genus of amebas including forms parasitic in the intestines of insects and in some esp. former classifications various parasites of vertebrates now usu. included in the genus Entamoeba .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  end·ame·ba  ent·ame·ba  Ent·amoe·ba 
 
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