endameba

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end•a•me•ba

or end•a•moe•ba

(ˌɛn dəˈmi bə)

n., pl. -bae (-bi)
-bas.

any protozoan of the genus Endamoeba, members of which are parasitic in the digestive tracts of various invertebrates, including cockroaches and termites.

[< New Latin (1879)]

end`a•me′bic, adj.

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Noun

endameba - any ameba of the genus Endamoeba

ameba, amoeba - naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

Endamoeba histolytica - the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings

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Bass and others state that endameba buccalis was found in the mouths of 95 and even 100 percent of all adults examined.