See Also: Haemobartonella(medicine)
Haemobartonella felis(medicine)
Haemobartonella muris(medicine)
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teem(1)(dictionary)
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TEEM FOUNDATION(finance)

teem(2) (iou) and Haemobartonella (medicine)


teem(2) (iou)



teem verb2. [ti:m] ME.

verb trans.
a. Empty (a vessel etc.); remove the contents of; spec. drain the liquid from. Chiefly dial. & techn. ME.
b. Empty out, pour out; spec. pour (molten steel) into an ingot mould. Chiefly dial. & techn. L15.
verb intrans. Of water etc.: pour, flow in a stream, flow copiously; (of rain) pour. Also foll. by down. E19.
Jo Grimond The rain..seemed to teem down incessantly.
Phrases: teeming and lading the falsifying of accounts by making up embezzled cash with funds received at a later date.
teemer noun a person who teems, empties, or unloads something M17.

Haemobartonella (medicine)


Haemobartonella


A genus of parasitic bacteria (order Rickettsiales) found in and on the surface of erythrocytes, but which rarely produce disease in animals without splenectomy. They are identical to Eperythrozoon species, except that Haemobartonella species are not found free in the plasma nor are ring forms seen on the surface of infected erythrocytes. Species are found in laboratory rats and in dogs, cats, and Other domestic animals. The type species is Haemobartonella muris.

Synonym: Haemobartonella.

Origin: G. Haima, blood, + dim. Of A.S. Beretun, courtyard, grange, fr. Bere, barley, + tun, enclosure