amoebiasis
noun
am·oe·bi·a·sis
variant spelling of amebiasis
: infection with or disease caused by amoebas (especially Entamoeba histolytica)
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Researchers have long known that the amoebiasis parasite can kill white blood cells to evade the immune system.
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Jay Kakade
may 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
Larson herself had contracted a host of illnesses—dengue fever, hepatitis E, amoebiasis, giardiasis, eosinophilic meningitis, and cerebral malaria—and wanted to move closer to her father.
—Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021
Other parasitic diseases with a huge public health impact include amoebiasis (which kills 100,000 per year), leishmaniasis (60,000), and schistosomiasis (20,000).
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2011
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Jay Kakade
may 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
Larson herself had contracted a host of illnesses—dengue fever, hepatitis E, amoebiasis, giardiasis, eosinophilic meningitis, and cerebral malaria—and wanted to move closer to her father.
—Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021
Other parasitic diseases with a huge public health impact include amoebiasis (which kills 100,000 per year), leishmaniasis (60,000), and schistosomiasis (20,000).
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2011
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“Amoebiasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amoebiasis. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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