anaplasmosis

[ an-uh-plaz-moh-sis ]
/ ˌæn ə plæzˈmoʊ sɪs /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a disease of cattle caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Anaplasma marginale, transmitted by bloodsucking flies and ticks.

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Origin of anaplasmosis

< New Latin Anaplasm(a) genus name (see ana-, plasma) + -osis

Words nearby anaplasmosis

anaphylactoid purpura, anaphylactoid shock, anaphylatoxin, anaphylaxis, anaplasia, anaplasmosis, anaplastic, anaplastic cell, anaplasty, anapophysial, anapophysis
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British Dictionary definitions for anaplasmosis

anaplasmosis
/ (ˌænəplæzˈməʊsɪs) /

noun

another name for gallsickness
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012