babesia

See also: Babesia and babésia

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

After Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș.

Noun

babesia (usually uncountable, plural babesias or babesiae)

1. (microbiology, epidemiology) Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes of living mammals, notably including cattle and humans, causing any of several babesioses.

Derived terms

• babesial

 

Translations

any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia

• Indonesian: babesia
• Portuguese: babésia f

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, after Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș.

Noun

babesia (first-person possessive babesiaku, second-person possessive babesiamu, third-person possessive babesianya)

1. (microbiology, epidemiology) babesia: Any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia that invades the erythrocytes of living mammals, notably including cattle and humans, causing any of several babesioses.

Further reading

• “babesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.