[ba.be.sia] n [NL, fr. Victor Babes d. 1926 Rom. bacteriologist] (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
BABESIA
Meaning of BABESIA in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012