amœbic, a.
(əˈmiːbɪk)
[f. amœba + -ic.]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an amœba or amœbæ.
| 1891 Gerry & Fitz in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. CXXV. 592/1 (title) A case of amœbic dysentery. Ibid. 593/1 Lösch experimented with the amœbic stools. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 536 A form [of dysentery] has been described which is said to be due to an animal parasite—amœbic dysentery or amœbic enteritis. 1951 New Biol. X. 28 Occasionally..it starts to invade the walls of the intestine and feed on red blood corpuscles, when it causes ulcers and the well-known disease of amoebic dysentery. |