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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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