amoebic

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Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Certain Acanthamoeba species can cause serious illnesses, including amoebic encephalitis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

Currently, a clinician must suspect an amoebic infection in the first place and then order a specific PCR test.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 2, 2023

His wife, Annabel Nau-Phojanakong, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was complications of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a rare disease that attacks the spinal cord and brain.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2023

The first time he'd gone as an infant he’d nearly died of amoebic dysentery.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri