See Also: piroplasm(medicine)
piroplasm(dictionary)

piroplasm (iou)



piroplasm noun. E20.
[from Latin pirum pear (from the shape) + -O- + -PLASM.]
A protozoan of the sporozoan subclass Piroplasmea, which comprises species parasitic in red blood cells and transmitted by ticks.
piroplas'mosis noun, pl. -moses , any of a group of diseases of mammals, esp. red-water of cattle, caused by infestation of the blood with piroplasms E20.