Eukaryote
balamuthia
Definitions related to balamuthia:
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A genus of free-living amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae. Its life cycle includes a cystic stage and a trophozoite stage, both of which are infectious.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any amoebic organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Balamuthia genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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