amœbic
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See also: amoebic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: amœb- + -ic.
Adjective
[edit]amœbic (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of amoebic.
- 1907, Ludvig Hektoen, chapter I, in Modern Medicine, volume II, Lea Brothers & Co., page 19:
- Important infectious diseases in man and animals are caused by protozoa; e.g., malaria, amœbic dysentery, trypanosomiasis, piroplasmosis, and possibly yellow and scarlet fever.