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ENTAMOEBA

Specialty Definition: ENTAMOEBA

DomainDefinition

Health

A genus of ameboid protozoa characterized by the presence of beaded chromatin on the inner surface of the nuclear membrane. Its organisms are parasitic in invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ENTAMOEBA

Specialty definitions using "ENTAMOEBA": Causes of gastroenteritisDysentery, AmebicEntamoebiasisLiver Abscess, AmebicTinidazole. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ENTAMOEBA

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Biology of Entamoeba Histolytica (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ENTAMOEBA

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Histopathology of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites in intestinal ulcer. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC.

Entamoeba coli (larger) and Entamoeba histolytica (smaller) cysts. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ENTAMOEBA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Parasites that cause diarrhea include Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium. (references)

Infection by Entamoeba histolytica occurs by ingestion of mature cysts in fecally contaminated food, water, or hands. (references)

The few studies that have included an examination for parasites reveal that 0 to 9 percent have Giardia lamblia or Entamoeba histolytica. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ENTAMOEBA

"ENTAMOEBA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ENTAMOEBA" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ENTAMOEBA

Expression using "ENTAMOEBA": Entamoeba histolytica. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ENTAMOEBA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

entamoeba histolytica

63

entamoeba coli

38

entamoeba

31

entamoeba hystolitica

12

entamoeba gingivalis

11

entamoeba histolitica

11

entamoeba hartmanni

6

amibiasis entamoeba histolytica

6

dispar entamoeba

3

coli coli e entamoeba

3

biologico ciclo de entamoeba histolytica

3

entamoeba trophozoites

2

biològico ciclo de entamoeba gingivalis

2

coli entamoeba treatment

2

coli colitis entamoeba por

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: ENTAMOEBA

Derivations

Words beginning with "ENTAMOEBA": entamoebae, entamoebas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ENTAMOEBA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-m-n-o-t"

-1 letter: amoebean, entameba.

-2 letters: amebean, amoebae, amoeban, boatman, boatmen, emanate, enemata, manatee.

-3 letters: amebae, ameban, amoeba, bantam, batman, batmen, beaten, bemata, bemean, bemoan, bename, entomb, omenta, toneme.

-4 letters: abate, abeam, aboma, ameba, ament, antae, atman, atone, baton, beano, beton, eaten, emote, enate, enema, manat, manta, meant, menta, monte, oaten, toman.

-5 letters: abet, aeon, ambo, amen, anoa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-m-n-o-t"
 

+1 letter: entamoebae, entamoebas.

 

+2 letters: balletomane.

 

+3 letters: balletomanes.

 

+5 letters: antimetabolite.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ENTAMOEBA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4E 54 41 4D 4F 45 42 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001110 01010100 01000001 01001101 01001111 01000101 01000010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#78 &#84 &#65 &#77 &#79 &#69 &#66 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004E 0054 0041 004D 004F 0045 0042 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

394854354749393635

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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