|ent+ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from ent- + Amoeba
1. capitalized , in some classifications : a genus of parasitic amoebas (family Endamoebidae) that includes those members of the genus Endamoeba which are parasites of vertebrates — used chiefly in medical literature
2. also entameba : an endamoeba especially of a vertebrate
• entamoebic also entamebic adjective