Amebicide

/əˈmɛbɪsaɪd/ noun

A substance or medicine that kills amoebas; a drug used to treat amoebic infections.

From ameba (Greek amoibē 'change') + -cide (from Latin caedere 'to kill'). Medical terminology combines organism names with -cide to name killing agents.

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