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Amoeba (genus)
Amoeba is a genus of naked freshwater lobose amoebae in Amoebozoa, family Amoebidae (NCBI ID 5774), known for Amoeba proteus, its pseudopodial movement, and SSU rDNA linking it closely with Chaos.
Amoeba Culture (아메바컬쳐)
Amoeba Culture (아메바컬쳐) is a South Korean hip-hop and R&B record label founded in 2006 by Dynamic Duo's Gaeko and Choiza with Go Kyung-min; CJ ENM holds 60 percent, and its roster has included Zion.T, Crush, and GUMMY.
Amoeba Gig
Amoeba Gig (2019) is Paul McCartney's live album of his surprise free June 27, 2007 concert at Amoeba Music, Hollywood, promoting Memory Almost Full; 21 songs, 78 minutes, first full release after the Amoeba's Secret EP and a 2012 members-only excerpt.
Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis (amebiasis), infection by Entamoeba histolytica acquired via fecally contaminated food or water; most infections asymptomatic, but causes dysentery and liver abscess, treated with nitroimidazoles, no vaccine.
Amoebic keratitis
Amoebic keratitis, also called Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), is a rare, severe corneal infection caused by free-living amoebae, mainly Acanthamoeba, marked by pain out of proportion to findings, ring infiltrates, contact lens and water exposure, and months of biguanide-diamidine therapy.
Amoebic liver abscess
Amoebic liver abscess (hepatic amebiasis), caused by Entamoeba histolytica, is the most common extraintestinal amebiasis: solitary right-lobe lesion, male and alcohol-linked predilection, metronidazole treatment, distinguished from pyogenic liver abscess.
Amoebic lung abscess
Amoebic lung abscess (ICD-10 A06.5, ICD-11 1A36.11), pus cavity in lung from Entamoeba histolytica, usually by direct spread of amebic liver abscess through the diaphragm; treated with metronidazole.
Amoeboid cell
Amoeboid cell, or amoeboid migration: rounded, fast-moving eukaryotic cells (leukocytes, Dictyostelium, some cancer cells) that crawl via blebs and pseudopods with weak adhesion, Rho/ROCK-driven actomyosin contractility, and no matrix proteolysis.
Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa is a major clade of eukaryotes that move and feed using lobed pseudopods, including naked and shelled amoebae, slime molds, and the dysentery parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Amoghavajra
Amoghavajra (不空) was a Tang dynasty Buddhist monk of foreign origin who translated Esoteric scriptures, rose to directorate rank and a ducal title, and is counted among the four great translators of Chinese Buddhism.
Amoi
Amoi (夏新, formerly Amoisonic) is a Xiamen-based Chinese consumer-electronics company founded in 1981 as Xiamen's first Sino-foreign joint venture, best known for its 2001 A8 "dancing phone".
Amok Time
Amok Time is the September 15, 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series season two opener by Theodore Sturgeon, introducing pon farr, T'Pring, T'Pau, the Vulcan salute, "Live long and prosper," and the Kirk-Spock kal-if-fee fight.
Amol (آمل)
Amol (آمل) is a city on the Haraz river in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran; ancient Āmṛda, medieval Tabarestan's lowland capital, home of al-Tabari, now a rice-trade city of 237,528 (2016).
Amol Kolhe
Amol Kolhe is an Indian politician and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) member who has represented the Shirur constituency of Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha since 2019.
Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar (अमोल पालेकर), born 1944 in Mumbai, is an Indian actor, director, producer and painter known as Hindi cinema's 1970s middle-class everyman (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Gol Maal) and director of Paheli, India's 2006 Oscar entry.
Amol Rajan
Amol Rajan, born Amol Varadarajan, is a British journalist who presents BBC Radio 4's Today program and University Challenge, and was editor of The Independent from 2013.
Amol V Shivange
Amol V Shivange is a protein engineer and biochemist known for genetically encoded fluorescent sensors of neurotransmitters and drugs, including iSeroSnFR for serotonin and iNicSnFR for nicotine.
Amole Gupte (अमोल गुप्ते)
Amole Gupte (अमोल गुप्ते), born 1962 in Mumbai, is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director of Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba, Hawaa Hawaai, Sniff, and Saina, known for workshop-based films with children and his credit dispute with Aamir Khan.
AMOLED
AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) is a display technology in which self-emissive OLED pixels are controlled by a thin-film transistor backplane, offering true blacks, wide viewing angles, and thin panels.
Amolops
Amolops (cascade frogs, torrent frogs, 湍蛙属) is a ranid frog genus erected by Cope in 1865, with 95 species from Nepal and India to West Malaysia; tadpoles bear abdominal suckers for torrent streams.
Amolyt Pharma
Amolyt Pharma was a French clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based near Lyon that developed peptide treatments for rare endocrine diseases and agreed in 2024 to acquisition by AstraZeneca for up to $1.05 billion.
Amomum
Amomum Roxb. is a genus of Zingiberaceae (ginger) herbs native from tropical and subtropical Asia to north Queensland, with about 110 accepted species; it includes large cardamom (Amomum subulatum) and was recircumscribed in 2018.
Amon (crater on Ganymede)
Amon is an impact crater on Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, about 102 km in diameter, named by the IAU in 1985 after the Theban state god Amon.
Amon (The Legend of Korra)
Amon (real name Noatak) is the masked Equalist leader and main antagonist of The Legend of Korra Book One (2012), voiced by Steve Blum; a bloodbender son of Yakone who faked spirit-granted bending removal.
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed 1992 and named after Tolkien's Mount Doom. Led by Johan Hegg, it pairs death metal with Viking/Norse lyrics across 13 albums including Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) and The Allfather Awakens (2026), and is famous for festival crowd rowing.
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium, also called The Carter, is TCU's on-campus football stadium in Fort Worth, Texas; opened in 1930, capacity 46,000, record crowd 53,294, rebuilt in 2012 for $164 million.
Amon Göth
Amon Leopold Göth (1908–1946), SS officer and commandant of the Płaszów camp outside Kraków from 11 February 1943; oversaw ghetto liquidations, was tried by Poland's Supreme National Tribunal in 1946, sentenced to death, and hanged; later portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.
Amon of Judah
Amon (2 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 33), son of Manasseh, king of Judah from age 22 for two years (c. 642-640 BCE); assassinated by his servants, avenged by the people of the land, succeeded by Josiah.
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions wide receiver (USC, 2021 draft pick 112), NFL record 547 catches through five seasons, First-Team All-Pro 2023-2024, $120M extension through 2028.
Amonafide
Amonafide (nafidimide, NSC-308847; L-malate salt Xanafide/AS1413) is a naphthalimide DNA intercalator and topoisomerase II inhibitor tested in breast cancer and secondary AML trials; NAT2-dependent myelosuppression ended its development.