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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several parasitic protozoans of the order Piroplasmida, such as babesia, that infect red blood cells.
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- noun Alternative form of
piroplasma .
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- noun minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Piroplasma, genus name : Latin pirum, pear + Greek plasma, image; see plasma.]
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