- genus Babesia
- nountype genus of the family Babesiidae• Syn: ↑genus Piroplasma• Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Babesiidae, ↑family Babesiidae
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genus Babesia
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Babesia — Texas fever redirects here. For other uses, see Texas fever (disambiguation). Babesia[1][2] Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Babesia — The economically most important genus of the protozoan family Babesiidae; characterized by multiplication in host red blood cells to form pairs and tetrads; it causes babesiosis (piroplasmosis) in most types of domestic animals, and two species… … Medical dictionary
Babesia divergens — Taxobox | color = khaki name = Babesia divergens regnum = Protista phylum = Apicomplexa classis = Aconoidasida ordo = Piroplasmasina familia = Babesiidae genus = Babesia species = B. divergens binomial = Babesia divergens Babesia divergens is an… … Wikipedia
babesia — /beuh bee zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm blooded animals. [1893; < NL, named after Victor Babes (1854 1926), Rumanian bacteriologist; see IA] * * *… … Universalium
babesia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Victor Babeş died 1926 Roman bacteriologist Date: 1911 any of a genus (Babesia) of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and transmitted by the bite of a tick called also piroplasm … New Collegiate Dictionary
babesia — ba•be•sia [[t]bəˈbi ʒə, ʒi ə, zi ə[/t]] n. pl. sias mcr any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm blooded animals • Etymology: < NL (1893), after Victor Babeş (1854–1926), Romanian… … From formal English to slang
genus Piroplasma — noun type genus of the family Babesiidae • Syn: ↑genus Babesia • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Babesiidae, ↑family Babesiidae … Useful english dictionary
Babesia — Genus of protozoa that are found as parasites within red blood cells of mammals and are transmitted by ticks … Dictionary of molecular biology
Babesia bovis — a species found in some of the same regions as B. bigemina; this is the major cause of bovine babesiosis in Europe and northern Asia. Ticks of genus Boophilus are usually the vectors, but in some areas Ixodes ticks are vectors … Medical dictionary
protoctist genus — noun any genus of Protoctista • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Amoeba, ↑Endamoeba, ↑genus Endamoeba, ↑genus Globigerina, ↑genus Arcella, ↑genus Difflugia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
