Babesia
Translingual
editEtymology
editNamed after Romanian physician and bacteriologist Victor Babeș + -ia
Proper noun
editBabesia f
- 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
edit- (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
edit- (genus): Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis, Babesia canis, Babesia divergens, Babesia microti - selected species
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Babesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Babesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Babesia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Babesia at National Center for Biotechnology Information