SINCE 1828
Babesiidae
noun plural
Ba·be·si·i·dae
| \ ˌbab-ə-ˈzī-ə-ˌdē
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Medical Definition of Babesiidae
: a family of the order Haemosporidia 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 of domestic animals — see babesia
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