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  • adjective biology, pathology Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.

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  • adjective pertaining to or resembling amoebae

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Examples

  • You risk a painful eye infection called amoebic keratitis, which can damage your sight if it isn't picked up and treated quickly.

    Handle contact lenses with care 2008

  • You risk a painful eye infection called amoebic keratitis, which can damage your sight if it isn't picked up and treated quickly.

    Handle contact lenses with care 2008

  • Symptoms of the infection - which doctors call amoebic meningoencephalitis - include headaches, vomiting, and neck stiffness, according to the website of the

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • She was later hospitalized with what Brevard County health officials identified as an amoebic infection.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • By now you know the Tebow's story: Pam Tebow was doing missionary work in the Philippines in 1987 when she was pregnant with Tim and contracted an illness known as amoebic dysentery.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • By now you know the Tebow's story: Pam Tebow was doing missionary work in the Philippines in 1987 when she was pregnant with Tim and contracted an illness known as amoebic dysentery.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • By now you know the Tebow's story: Pam Tebow was doing missionary work in the Philippines in 1987 when she was pregnant with Tim and contracted an illness known as amoebic dysentery.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • By now you know the Tebow's story: Pam Tebow was doing missionary work in the Philippines in 1987 when she was pregnant with Tim and contracted an illness known as amoebic dysentery.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • By now you know the Tebow's story: Pam Tebow was doing missionary work in the Philippines in 1987 when she was pregnant with Tim and contracted an illness known as amoebic dysentery.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • One of the diseases caused by Acanthamoeba is called amoebic keratitis, which is an infection of the eye.

    Secret Tenerife 2008

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