Trypanosoma
Translingual
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin, derived from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “borer, auger”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”), because of their corkscrew-like motion.
Proper noun
editTrypanosoma n
- 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
edit- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Duttonella, Herpetosoma, Megatrypanum, Nannomonas, Pycnomonas, Schizotrypanum, Trypanozoon - subgenera; Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma equiperdum - selected species
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Trypanosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Trypanosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Trypanosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Trypanosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Trypanosoma at World Register of Marine Species
German
editNoun
editTrypanosoma n (strong, genitive Trypanosomas, plural Trypanosomen)
Further reading
edit- “Trypanosoma” in Duden online
- “Trypanosoma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache