Eukaryote
entamoeba Audio
ent·a·moe·ba [ en-tuh-mee-buh ]
Subclass of:
Tubulina
Definitions related to entamoeba:
  • A genus of ameboid protozoa characterized by the presence of beaded chromatin on the inner surface of the nuclear membrane. Its organisms are parasitic in invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A genus of commensal or parasitic Amoebozoans in the class Archamoebae. Almost all species form cysts; the number of nuclei in the cyst varies from 1 to 8 among species and is one of the characteristics used to tell species apart.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Entamoeba genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus in the order Amoebida; protozoa characterized by the presence of beaded chromatin on the inner surface of the nuclear membrane; its organisms are parasitic or commensals in invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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