different between amoeba vs ameban

English

Alternative forms

• ameba, amœba

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (amoib?, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??mi?b?/

Noun

amoeba (plural amoebae or amoebas)

1. (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
2. (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
3. (slang) An asexual.

Related terms

• amoebiasis
• amoebic dysentery

Translations

Further reading

• amoeba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?moe?.ba/, [ä?moe?bä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?me.ba/, [??m??b?]

Noun

amoeba f (genitive amoebae); first declension

1. amoeba

Declension

First-declension noun.

English

Etymology

ameba +? -n

Adjective

ameban (comparative more ameban, superlative most ameban)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an amoeba.

Translations

Anagrams

• Anambé, Beaman, Manabe, be a man

Finnish

Noun

ameban

1. Genitive singular form of ameba.