Word Explorer

Amebiasis

An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

📖 Definitions of "Amebiasis"

noun

1
An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

🔄 Synonyms of "Amebiasis"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
amoebiasisnoun	(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.
amoebiosisnoun	(pathology) Any disease caused by the presence of an amoeba or other protozoan
amebiosisnoun	infection by a disease-causing ameba

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Amebiasis"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
amoebiasisnoun	(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.
amoebiosisnoun	(pathology) Any disease caused by the presence of an amoeba or other protozoan
amebiosisnoun	infection by a disease-causing ameba
pleuropulmonary	Relating to the pleura and the lungs
amebicnoun	(US) Alternative spelling of amoebic. [(biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.]
angiostrongyliasisnoun	(medicine) Infection by a nematode of the genus Angiostrongylus.
ascariasisnoun	A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.
trichuriasisnoun	(medicine) A parasitic disease caused by infection of the large intestine by a whipworm
sparganosisnoun	(pathology) A parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms in the genus Spirometra.
fascioliasisnoun	(pathology) infestation with liver flukes (of genus Fasciola)
paratyphoidnoun	paratyphoid fever
malakoplakianoun	(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membrane of a hollow organ (as the urinary bladder) characterized by the formation of soft granulomatous lesions.
retinochoroiditisnoun	(pathology) inflammation of the retina and choroid
endosonographynoun	endoscopic ultrasonography
granulomatanoun	(medicine, loosely) Any small nodule.
anisakiasisnoun	(pathology) The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
hemangioendotheliomanoun	(pathology) Any of a range of vascular neoplasms
strongyloidiasisnoun	(medicine, pathology) infection by roundworms of the superfamily Strongyloidea
immunocompromisenoun	(medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
taeniasisnoun	(pathology) An infection of tapeworms of the genus Taenia that does not usually cause any disease.