amebic

Relating to, resembling, or caused by amebas.

Pertaining to, caused by, or of the nature of, an ameba.

• a. dysentery — an acute amebic dysentery of humans caused by Entamoeba histolytica which rarely occurs spontaneously in dogs and cats. A similar disease of reptiles and amphibians is caused by E. invadens and E. ranarum.
• a. gill disease — caused by Paramoeba spp.; important disease in sea-caged salmonids; manifested by lethargy, flared opercula, rapid death; encouraged by high temperatures.
• a. granulomatosis — world-wide disease of goldfish; cause not definitely known; characterized by white nodules on the skin, visceral granulomata and ascites.
• a. meningoencephalitis — caused by Naegleria fowleri and is restricted in occurrence to humans.