trypanosome
trypanosome
Definition
trypa·no·some (trip′ə nə sōm′, tri pan′ə-)
noun
any of a genus (Trypanosoma) of zooflagellates that live as parasites in the blood of human beings and other vertebrates, are usually transmitted by an insect bite, and often cause serious diseases, as sleeping sickness or Chagas' disease
Etymology: < ModL Trypanosoma < Gr trypanon, borer (see trepan) + ModL -soma, -some
trypanosome
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- transmit: Researchers, therefore, have strong reasons to suspect that a number of species transmit trypanosomes mechanically.
- kill: Despite their long-term use and limited number, little is understood on how these drugs kill trypanosomes.
- use: So we've been investigating the early events in fly infection using fluorescent trypanosomes.
- have: Tabanus occidentalis was understandably the biggest culprit, tho six other species had trypanosomes in their bloodmeals.
Adjective modifier
- African: African trypanosomes have a fundamental mechanism by which they evade the immune response.
- pathogenic: Expression of a novel, rapidly evolving gene family in the bloodstream form of a pathogenic African trypanosome.
- human: With relatively few wild animals now in the region, local cattle have become the main reservoir for human trypanosomes responsible for sleeping sickness.
- infective: They then excrete infective trypanosomes in their feces which enter the blood of a subsequent victim through the bite wound.
- hybrid: In this way we hope to find out where hybrid trypanosomes first appear during the complex migratory route of T. brucei in the fly.
- American: I. Screening of activity to bacteria, fungi and American trypanosomes of 13 native plants.
Modifies a noun
- infection: The diagnosis of trypanosome infections: applications of novel technology for reducing disease risk.
- cycle: The trypanosome life cycle in the fly is regulated by symbiotic bacteria in its gut into which it is possible to insert foreign genes.
- stock: Researchers produced cloned populations of two trypanosome stocks with induced Suramin resistance.
- parasite: Caused by the trypanosome parasite Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which is carried by the tsetse fly, the disease is fatal if not treated.
- biology: We also exploit a wide range of assays and functional studies to determine the precise role that the protein plays in trypanosome biology.
- life: The trypanosome life cycle in the fly is regulated by symbiotic bacteria in its gut into which it is possible to insert foreign genes.
Noun used with modifier
- bloodstream: The bloodstream form trypanosome is therefore continuously balancing on the brink of destruction.
- form: The bloodstream form trypanosome is therefore continuously balancing on the brink of destruction.
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