babesia

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bə bē′zhə, -zhē ə, -zē ə)


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ba•be•sia  (bə bē′zhə, -zhē ə, -zē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Microbiologyany protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.
  • Neo-Latin, named after Victor Babeş (1854–1926), Rumanian bacteriologist; see -ia
  • 1893

'babesia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
redwater - babesiosis - piroplasm

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