Babesia

Babesia definition - medical

Ba·be·si·a (bə-bēˈzē-ə, -zhə)

noun
A genus of parasitic sporozoans of the family Babesiidae that infect the red blood cells of humans and of animals such as dogs, cattle, and sheep.

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