piroplasm

piroplasm
piroplasmic, adj.
/pir"euh plaz'euhm/, n.
babesia.
[1890-95; < NL Piroplasma a genus of the family, equiv. to L pir(um) PEAR + -o- -O- + Gk plásma PLASMA]

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