amoeba, ameba
(ă-mē′bă)
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(ă-mē′bē)
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pl. amoebas, amoebae, amebas, amebae [Gr. amoibē, change]
Any member of the genus Amoeba or of related genera, e.g., Entamoeba. It has pseudopodia, by which it constantly changes its shape. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged by simple diffusion through the cell membrane. Reproduction is by binary fission. Some species of Entamoeba are parasitic in humans.
SEE: Amoeba
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Amoeba, Ameba." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758678/all/amoebas__amoebae__amebas__amebae.
Amoeba, ameba. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758678/all/amoebas__amoebae__amebas__amebae. Accessed March 19, 2024.
Amoeba, ameba. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758678/all/amoebas__amoebae__amebas__amebae
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