KEY TERMS

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  • Ameba
    A motile class of Protozoa equipped with pseudopods
  • Amebic dysentery
    An intestinal amebic infection characterized by blood and mucus in the stool
  • Cyst
    Amebic stage with a thick cell wall allowing for survival of the organism in the external environment
  • Encystation

    Transformation of a trophozoite stage into a cyst stage
  • Excystation
    Transformation of a cyst stage into a trophozoite stage
  • Karyosome
    Small mass of chromatin located within the nucleus of certain protozoan parasites
  • Pseudopod
    Extension of cytoplasm that aids ameba in motility
  • Trophozoite
    Amebic stage characterized by its ability to move and multiply