ˌhēmōspəˈridēə, ˌhem- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hem- + -sporidia
: an order of minute telosporidian protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in the blood cells of vertebrates that includes the malaria parasites (family Plasmodiidae), numerous bird parasites (family Haemoproteidae), and the piroplasms and related pathogens of cattle (family Babesiidae)
• hae·mo·spo·rid·ian | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ridēən adjective or noun