Piroplasma
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Piroplasma is a noun meaning Any of many other parasitic protozoa related to Babesia in order Piroplasmida.
Meaning
Any of many other parasitic protozoa related to Babesia in order Piroplasmida.
More Meanings
- (epidemiology, microbiology) Babesia, a genus of hematozoa that invades the red blood cells of humans and domesticated animals such as dogs and sheep
Example Sentences
It has been known for some years past that Piroplasma in the digestive tube of an adult female tick can give rise to infection in the offspring of that female, so that one generation of ticks can acquire the parasites from cattle, and the next generation can transmit the disease to other cattle
Present systematics of piroplasms is based almost entirely upon criteria derived from taxonomic interpretation of a combination of morphology of the intraerythrocytic stages, host specificity, vector, mode of pathogenesis and pathogenicity, cross-immunity, frequency of schizonts and piroplasms, and spatial distribution
Word Forms
- piroplasmas
- piroplasmata
- piroplasm
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include piroplasm, haematoprotozoan, bacteriophore, microbiosis, parasitocenosis, plesiobiont.
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