Noun

(acanthamoebae)

Any amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba, found chiefly in soil. Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 28, author=Lawrence K. Altman, title=Outbreak of Eye Infections Puzzles Officials, work=New York Times citation

, passage=They have also advised people to throw out their current contact lenses and the lens storage cases because they may harbor the acanthamoeba parasite. }}

Noun

(head)