babesia

ba·be·sia   (bə-bē'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. Also called piroplasm. [New Latin Babesia, genus name, after Victor Babeş (1854-1926), Romanian bacteriologist.]

Main Entry: ba·be·sia
Pronunciation: b&-'bE-zh(E-)&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : the type genus of the familyBabesiidae
2 : any of the sporozoans of the genus Babesia or sometimes the family Babesiidae that are parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and aretransmitted by the bite of a tick called also piroplasm
V. Babès —see BABES-ERNSTGRANULE

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.