amoebiosis

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amoebiosis - infection by a disease-causing amebaamebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiasisamebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery - inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrheaprotozoal infection - any infection caused by a protozoan