trypanosome
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trypanosome (plural trypanosomes)
- 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
- Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
- Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
- Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
- Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.
- Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
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any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
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trypanosome m (plural trypanosomes)
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- “trypanosome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.