Acanthamoeba is a genus of single-celled, free-living amoebae that can cause infections in humans, notably eye infections and encephalitis in rare cases. The term combines Greek roots referring to spiny (acantha) and living organisms (amoeba). In medical and scientific contexts, it is used to describe these morphologically distinctive amoebae found in soil and water. It is pronounced with stress on the third syllable in common usage by scientists.
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