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Ent·amoe·ba

n :  a genus of ameboid protozoans (order Amoebida) that are parasitic in the vertebrate alimentary canal and esp. in the intestines and that include the causative agent (E. histolytica) of amebic dysentery - see ENDAMOEBA  .
 
   
 
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