n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-n ə - ˌ plaz- ' m ō -s ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mo · ses \ - ˌ s ē z \
Etymology: New Latin, from Anaplasma, genus name, from ana- + plasma (protoplasm)
Date: 1920
: a tick-borne disease of cattle and sheep caused by a bacterium ( Anaplasma marginale ) and characterized especially by anemia and by jaundice