English Explanatory Dictionary

trypanosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea
  2. Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
  3. Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
  4. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
  5. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

trypanosome trypanosomes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- + -some.

Related words

Leishmania

Derived words

trypanosomal trypanosomic trypanosomiasis trypanotoxic

Translations

Arabic: مِثْقَبِيَة Belarusian: трыпанасо́ма Bulgarian: трипанозома Catalan: tripanosoma Chinese Mandarin: 睡眠蟲 /睡眠虫 Czech: trypanozoma Finnish: trypanosooma French: trypanosome German: Trypanosoma Greek: τρυπανόσωμα Irish: tripineasóm Italian: tripanosoma Polish: świdrowiec Polish: trypanosom Portuguese: tripanossoma Portuguese: tripanossomo Russian: трипаносо́ма Spanish: tripanosoma
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