endamoeba in British English
or US endameba (ˌɛndəˈmiːbə)
nounWord forms: plural -bae (-biː) or -bas variants of entamoeba
entamoeba in British English
(ˌɛntəˈmiːbə), endamoeba or US entameba or endameba
nounWord forms: plural -bae (-biː) or -basany parasitic amoeba of the genus Entamoeba (or Endamoeba), esp E. histolytica, which lives in the intestines of humans and causes amoebic dysentery