babesiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa.

Word forms

babesiosis babesioses babesiasis

Etymology

After the discoverer of the protozoa, Victor Babeș: Babesia + -osis.

Related words

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