babesiosis

English

Alternative forms

babesiasis

Etymology

After the discoverer of the protozoa, Victor Babeș: Babesia +‎ -osis.

Noun

babesiosis (countable and uncountable, plural babesioses)

(pathology) Any of several malaria-like parasitic diseases in humans and other animals caused by Babesia, a genus of protozoa

Related terms

babesiotic

Translations

parasitic disease

Czech: babesióza f
Finnish: babesioosi
French: babésiose (fr), piroplasmose (fr)
German: Babesiose
Hungarian: babézia, babéziózis, babesiosis
Italian: babesiosi, piroplasmosi
Lithuanian: babeziozė
Spanish: babesiosis f, babesiasis f

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