See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
hacienda(encyclopedia)
hacienda(dictionary)
hacienda(dictionary)
hacienda(medicine)
Hacienda Tecalitlan(tourism)
Hacienda de Covi, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Uncle Julio's Hacienda(tourism)
amoeba(encyclopedia)
Amoeba(health)

Amoeba meleagridis (medicine) and hacienda (iou)


Amoeba meleagridis (medicine)


Amoeba meleagridis -->
Histomonas meleagridis


A protozoan flagellate (order Trichomonadida) parasitizing the intestine and liver of turkeys, chickens, and many Other domestic and wild gallinaceous birds; it is nearly ubiquitous but rarely pathogenic in chickens; in the turkey, it causes histomoniasis. It is now considered to be in a family (Monocercomonadidae) that includes Dientamoeba.

Synonym: Amoeba meleagridis.


hacienda (iou)



hacienda noun. M18.
[Spanish from Latin facienda things to be done, from facere do.]
In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries, an estate including a house; a large farm, a plantation; a rural factory.
O. Henry Ranch supplies, bound on the morrow for some outlying hacienda.