trypanosome

From trypano- +‎ -some.

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trypanosome (plural trypanosomes)

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
   1. Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
      1. Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
      2. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
   2. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

• trypanosomal
• trypanosomic
• trypanosomiasis
• trypanotoxic

• Leishmania

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trypanosome m (plural trypanosomes)

1. trypanosome

• “trypanosome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.