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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of tick-borne protozoan parasites that infests the red blood cells of mammals, including humans. There are many recognized species, and the distribution is world-wide. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BABESIA |
| Specialty definitions using "BABESIA": Babesia infection, babesiasis, Babesiosis ♦ canine babesiosis, canine piroplasmosis ♦ equine babesiosis, equine biliary fever, equine piroplasmosis ♦ malignant jaundice ♦ Piroplasmida, piroplasmosis, piroplasmosis of horses. (references) |
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 | Blood smear showing Babesia rings in erythrocytes. Protozoon, parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Babesia organisms resemble Plasmodium falciparum, however, Babesia parasites present several distinguishing features. They vary more in shape and in size, and they do not produce pigment. Credit: CDC. |
 | Babesia species, tetrad formation. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Babesia microti in blood smear. Giemsa stain. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | Researchers have developed monoclonal antibodies that detect both Bagesia equii and Babesia caballi. The pathogens cause the disease piroplasmosis, or equine babesiosis, which does not exist in the United States. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Babesiosis is caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia. (references) | |
The Babesia microti life cycle involves two hosts, which includes a rodent, primarily the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. (references) | ||
On rare occasions, other microbial agents, including parvoviruses, plasmodia, Epstein-Barr virus, and babesia, cause infection and disease. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "BABESIA": Babesia bovis ♦ Babesia infection ♦ genus Babesia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
babesia | 36 |
babesia canis | 9 |
babesia microti | 4 |
babesia rumiante | 4 |
babesia bovis | 3 |
babesia slide | 2 |
babesia equi | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BABESIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | piroplasmose (American red-water fever, Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, bovine piroplasmosis, cattle tick fever, piroplasmosis, redwater fever, Texas fever, tick fever, tristeza of cattle). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | babésiose des ruminants (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis), babésiose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis), babésiellose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis), piroplasmose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis), infection par Babesia spp. (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Babesiose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever), Pirosomose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever), Piroplasmose (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | βαβεσίωση (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | babesiosi (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever), piroplasmosi (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | abesiabay babesiosis (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever), babesiasis (American red-water fever, Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, bovine piroplasmosis, cattle tick fever, piroplasmosis, redwater fever, Texas fever, tick fever, tristeza of cattle), piroplasmosis (Babesia infection, babesiasis, babesiosis, piroplasmosis, tick fever). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BABESIA": babesias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-s" | |
-1 letter: babies. | |
-2 letters: abase, abbas, abbes, babas, babes. | |
-3 letters: abas, abba, abbe, asea, baas, baba, babe, base, bias, bibs, bise, ebbs, isba, sabe, sibb. | |
-4 letters: aas, aba, abs, ais, baa, bas, bib, bis, ebb, sab, sae, sea, sei, sib. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ae, ai, as, ba, be, bi, es, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-s" | |
+1 letter: abbacies, babesias. | |
+3 letters: ascribable, barbarizes, rabbinates. | |
+4 letters: abbreviates, abolishable, barbarities, grandbabies. | |
+5 letters: abbreviators, absorbancies, barbiturates, bearbaitings, bicarbonates, secobarbital. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 42 45 53 49 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -... . ... .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000010 01000101 01010011 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A B E S I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0042 0045 0053 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36353639534335 |
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