babesiosis

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• babesiasis

Etymology

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

Noun

babesiosis (countable and uncountable, plural babesioses)

1. (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