babesia
English
Etymology
After Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș.
Noun
babesia (usually uncountable, plural babesias or babesiae)
- (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
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, after Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș.
Noun
babesia (first-person possessive babesiaku, second-person possessive babesiamu, third-person possessive babesianya)
- (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.
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