A single-celled, protozoan organism that constantly changes shape. Amebae can infect the bowels, causing diarrhea. They can also infect the liver, causing abscesses to form.

(n) naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

A genus of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include a vesicular nucleus and the formation of several lodopodia, one of which is dominant at a given Time. Reproduction occurs asexually by binary fissi [..]