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ameba

[uh-mee-buh] / əˈmi bə /


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People are infected when water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose, usually when people go swimming or diving in lakes and rivers.

From Seattle Times

“Ask me about brain-eating amebas,” a supervisor in the waterborne disease prevention branch beckoned on a sign.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ameba eats and grows as do other animals.

From Project Gutenberg

So the ameba grows and moves and does as it likes.

From Project Gutenberg

“Those are some dried specimens of ameba that I wish to study under a microscope.”

From Project Gutenberg