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AMEBAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ameban mean?
• AMEBAN (adjective)
The adjective AMEBAN has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or resembling amoebae
Familiarity information: AMEBAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or resembling amoebae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
ameban; amebic; amebous; amoeban; amoebic; amoebous
Context example:
amoebic dysentery
Pertainym:
amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
Derivation:
ameba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)
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