Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ba·be·si·i·dae Pronunciation:
"bab-&-'zI-&-"dE, -'zE- Function:
noun plural : a family of the orderHaemosporidia comprising minute protozoan parasites of mammalian red blood cells that are transmitted from host to host by the bite of a tick intermediate host and cause some destructive diseases ofdomestic animals —see
BABESIA
