babesia

[buh-bee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]

ba·be·sia

[buh-bee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
noun
any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.

Origin:
1893; < Neo-Latin, named after Victor Babeş (1854–1926), Romanian bacteriologist; see -ia
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Babesia Ba·be·si·a (bə-bē'zē-ə, -zhə)
n.
A genus of parasitic sporozoans of the family Babesiidae that infect the red blood cells of humans and of animals such as dogs, cattle, and sheep.

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