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Definition: Ameba |
AmebaNoun1. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AmebaSynonym: amoeba (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ameba |
| English words defined with "ameba": amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis ♦ endameba, Endamoeba histolytica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ameba": AMBEICIDE ♦ Ornidazole. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ameba" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (ameba, amoeba), Portuguese (ameba, amoeba), Serbo-Croatian (amoeba), Spanish (ameba, amoeba). |
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 | Naegleria gruberi in amebic meningoencephalitis. Parasite, ameba, brain.Credit: CDC. |  | Iodamoeba bütschlii cyst. Chlorazol black stain. Protozoon, ameba, parasite.Credit: CDC. |
 | Dientamoeba fragilis trophozoite, binucleated. Iron-hematoxylin stain. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |  | Chilomastix mesnili cyst. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |
 | Entamoeba coli (larger) and Entamoeba histolytica (smaller) cysts. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of Acanthamoeba polyphaga infection in mouse brain. Ameba, parasite.Credit: CDC. |
 | Hartmannella vermiformis cyst with wrinkled wall. Trichrome stain. Ameba, parasite.Credit: CDC. |  | Acanthamoeba polyphaga cyst. Ameba, parasite.Credit: CDC. |
 | Endolimax nana cyst. Iodine stain. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |  | Culture of Naegleria gruberi in Petri dish. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Health | Naegleria is an ameba commonly found in the environment. (references) | |
Acanthamoeba are microscopic ameba commonly found in the environment. (references) | ||
Despite its name, Dientamoeba fragilis is not an ameba but a flagellate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ameba | 92 |
ameba record | 10 |
ameba bacterium endosimbiose | 6 |
ameba la | 5 |
ameba music | 5 |
ameba picture | 2 |
ameba fagocitando | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ameba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | амеба (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amoebe (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | amoebe (amoeba), amoeba (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوطبه امیب , امیبی (Amoebic), امیب (Amoeba), رنگ یاخته ای . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amibe (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Amoebe (amoeba), Amoeba (amoeba), Wechseltierchen (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμοιβάδα (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ameba (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amebaay ameba (amoeba). (various references) амеба (amoeba, amoebae). (various references) ameba (amoeba), amiba (amoeba). (various references) amip (amoeba, protean animalcule). (various references) амеба (amoeba). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ameba": amebae, ameban, amebas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ameba": endameba, entameba. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ameba": endamebae, endamebas, entamebae, entamebas. (additional references) | |
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"Ameba" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abeba, aeba, Agebe, aimea, Akebar, Ambelaki, ameaba, amebae, amebea, amebia, Ameca, Ameda, ameeba, Amegboh, Amelavi, amena, ameoba, Amera, Amerbach, amibe, amieba, Ammerbach, amoba, anea, Angba, Anhembi, aomeba, Aregba, aveb, Ayeva, Dabeiba, Damiba, Ijebu, imba, Maibai, Manekbai, M'ba, meba, Pademba. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: abeam. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-m" | |
-1 letter: beam, bema, mabe. | |
-2 letters: aba, ama, baa, bam, mae. | |
-3 letters: aa, ab, ae, am, ba, be, em, ma, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-m" | |
+1 letter: ambage, amebae, ameban, amebas, amoeba, bemata. | |
+2 letters: ambages, ambsace, amebean, amiable, amoebae, amoeban, amoebas, baseman, beadman, bemadam, gambade, jambeau, macaber, macabre, makable, megabar, namable, sambaed, tamable. | |
+3 letters: abampere, ambaries, amberina, ambiance, ambsaces, ambulate, amenable, amenably, amicable, amoebean, amusable, bakemeat, ballgame, balsamed, bargeman, beadsman, bemadams, blamable, blastema, brakeman, bregmata, clambake, crabmeat, damnable, endameba, entameba, farmable, flambeau, foamable, framable, gambades, jambeaux, lambaste, mailable, makeable, makebate, mangabey, mappable, maskable, meatball, megabars, nameable, shamable, tameable, vambrace. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 65 62 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- . -... .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01100101 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m e b a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0065 0062 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3579716867 |
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