amœbiasis Path.
(æmiːˈbaɪəsɪs)
Also (U.S.) amebiasis.
[f. amœba + -iasis.]
A disease caused by amœbæ, esp. amœbic infection of the colon.
| 1905 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. XLV. 836/2 Intestinal amebiasis (amebic dysentery) manifests itself in a much broader..clinical picture than is generally allotted to it. 1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 441/2 The inhabitants of Karachi designate the condition ‘Karachi tummy’, and some link it up with the inevitable amœbiasis. 1962 Ibid. 8 Dec. 1209/2 Juniper points out that amœbiasis is considered uncommon in the United States. |