Trypanosome Definition

trĭ-pănə-sōm
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.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trypanosome

Noun

Singular:
trypanosome
Plural:
trypanosomes

Origin of Trypanosome

  • From New Latin Trȳpanosōma genus name Greek trūpanon auger (from trūpān to bore) (from trūpē hole terə-1 in Indo-European roots) Greek sōma body –some3

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From trypano- +"Ž -some

    From Wiktionary

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