ameboma

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

ameba +‎ -oma

Noun

ameboma (plural amebomas or amebomata)

  1. A rare complication of entamoeba histolytica, where in response to the infecting amoeba there is formation of annular colonic granulation, which results in a large local lesion of the bowel.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

ameboma m (plural amebomas)

  1. (pathology) ameboma (rare complication of entamoeba histolytica)
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