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