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babesia

babesia noun: 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.

Noun

babesia (usually uncountable, plural babesias or babesiae)

  1. (usually) 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.

babesia meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

babesia in Tamil

ஒருவகை ஒரணு ஒட்டுண்ணி

babesia in Indonesian

any of the hematozoa of the genus Babesia
babesia

Forms of babesia

pluralbabesias
pluralbabesiae

Origin of babesia

Borrowed from translingual Babesia, named after Victor Babeș.

Words formed from babesia

Questions about babesia

What does babesia mean?
Babesia means 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.
What is babesia in Tamil?
Babesia in Tamil is ஒருவகை ஒரணு ஒட்டுண்ணி. See Babesia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is babesia?
Babesia is a noun.
What is the plural of babesia?
The plural of babesia is babesias.

Words near babesia in the dictionary

  1. babes in the wood
  2. babes in the woods
  3. babes-in-a-cradle
  4. babeship
  5. babeships
  6. babesia
  7. babesiae
  8. babesial
  9. babesias
  10. babesiases
  11. babesiasis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: babesia (page history and authors); babesia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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