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.

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

British Dictionary definitions for anaplasmosis

anaplasmosis
/ (ˌænəplæzˈməʊsɪs) /

noun

another name for gallsickness