piroplasma

noun

A genus of sporozoans, of the order Hæmosporidia. P. bigeminum is the parasite which causes Texas cattle-fever and is transmitted by the bites of ticks. Also Pyrosoma.

noun

[pl. piroplasmata (-ma-tä).] A protozoan of this genus.

noun

babesia; a genre of hematozoa that invades the red blood cells of humans and domesticated animals such as dogs and sheep