BABESIA


Meaning of BABESIA in English

n.

Pronunciation: b ə - ' b ē -zh( ē -) ə

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Victor Babe ş † 1926 Roman bacteriologist

Date: 1911

: any of a genus ( Babesia ) of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and transmitted by the bite of a tick ― called also piroplasm

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