endameba

endameba
endamebic, endamoebic, adj.
/en'deuh mee"beuh/, n., pl. endamebae /-bee/, endamebas. Biol.
any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.
Also, endamoeba.
[ < NL (1879); see END-, AMEBA]

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