Trypanosoma

Translingual

Trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei, responsible for the African sleeping sickness

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, derived from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “borer, auger”) +‎ σῶμα (sôma, “body”), because of their corkscrew-like motion.

Proper noun

Trypanosoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastea), a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa having a spindle-shaped body with an undulating membrane on one side and a single flagellum, which infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including the fatal sleeping sickness in humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Duttonella, Herpetosoma, Megatrypanum, Nannomonas, Pycnomonas, Schizotrypanum, Trypanozoon - subgenera; Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma equiperdum - selected species

Derived terms

• Trypanosomatida
• Trypanosomatidae
• Trypanosomatina

Further reading

• Trypanosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trypanosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trypanosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Trypanosoma at Encyclopedia of Life
• Trypanosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Trypanosoma at World Register of Marine Species

German

Noun

Trypanosoma n (strong, genitive Trypanosomas, plural Trypanosomen)

1. trypanosome

Further reading

• “Trypanosoma” in Duden online
• “Trypanosoma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache