thīlirēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Sir Arnold Theiler died 1936 English veterinary bacteriologist born in Switzerland + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of parasitic protozoans (family Babesiidae) that includes the parasite of east coast fever of cattle and is sometimes variously treated either as a subgenus of Babesia or as type of a separate family
2. plural thei·le·ri·ae -ēˌē also theilerias : any organism of the genus Theileria
• thei·le·ri·al -rēəl adjective