BABESIA


Meaning of BABESIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bə-ˈbē-zh(ē-)ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Victor Babeş died 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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