babesia
noun
ba·be·sia
bə-ˈbē-zh(ē-)ə
plural babesias or babesiae
bə-ˈbē-zhē-ˌē
: 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
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