Weird Word Wednesday

BABESIA ba·be·sia

noun \bə-ˈbē-zh(ē-)ə\

Definition of BABESIA

:  any of a genus (Babesia) of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and transmitted by the bite of a tick —called also piroplasm

Origin of BABESIA

New Latin, from Victor Babeş †1926 Roman bacteriologist

First Known Use: 1911

 

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