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babesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
babesia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Babesia, named after Victor Babeș.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

babesias (plural) babesiae (plural)

Derived Forms

babesial

Questions

What does babesia mean?
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.
Where does babesia come from?
Borrowed from translingual Babesia, named after Victor Babeș.

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