entamoebiasis

English

Alternative forms

• entamebiasis

Etymology

entamoeba +‎ -iasis

Noun

entamoebiasis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Infection with certain species of entamoebae, which sometimes causes gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dysentery, and other symptoms; most cases of amoebiasis and amoebic dysentery are entamoebiasis, but they are usually called by the aforementioned names.