Babesia

See also: babesia and babésia

Translingual

Babesia microti in red blood cells

Etymology

Named after Romanian physician and bacteriologist Victor Babeș +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Babesia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Babesiidae – protozoan parasites, carried by ticks, that infect the blood and cause a hemolytic disease known as babesiosis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum; Sporozoa - superclass; Coccidiomorphea - class; Hematozoa - subclass; Aconoidia - superorder; Piroplasmida - order; Babesiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti - selected species

Derived terms

• Babesiidae

 

References

• Babesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Babesia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Babesia at Encyclopedia of Life
• Babesia at National Center for Biotechnology Information