View example sentences and word forms for Acanthamoeba.

Acanthamoeba

Acanthamoeba meaning

Any amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba, found chiefly in soil.

Example sentences (3)

If contacts are worn during sleep it creates the perfect environment in which acanthamoeba can thrive.

There it can fester and cause infections like Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK)—the one that caused Humphreys to lose his sight.

For example, the Acanthamoeba enters the body when the environment is not hostile, and Strongyloides stercoralis enters the body when a host steps on infected ground while barefoot.