amoebic
Example Sentences
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Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Certain Acanthamoeba species can cause serious illnesses, including amoebic encephalitis.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Currently, a clinician must suspect an amoebic infection in the first place and then order a specific PCR test.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 2, 2023
His wife, Annabel Nau-Phojanakong, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was complications of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a rare disease that attacks the spinal cord and brain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
The first time he'd gone as an infant he’d nearly died of amoebic dysentery.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
