endameba

1. 1.

   any ameba of the genus Endamoeba

   Broaderameba

   NarrowerEndamoeba histolytica

Other forms of endameba

plural

endamebae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endameba

What does endameba mean?

endameba means "any ameba of the genus Endamoeba".

How many syllables are in endameba?

endameba has 4 syllables: en-da-me-ba. The stress falls on "da".

Is endameba a common word?

endameba is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.