ameboma

ameboma
A nodular, tumorlike focus of proliferative inflammation sometimes developing in chronic amebiasis, especially in the wall of the colon. SYN: amebic granuloma. [ameba + G. -oma, tumor]

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am·e·bo·ma (am″e-boґmə) a tumorlike mass in the intestine, produced by localized inflammation due to amebiasis.

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