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trypanosome

trypanosome noun: trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.

Noun

trypanosome (plural trypanosomes)

  1. Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
  2. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
  3. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

trypanosome meaning in Arabic

trypanosome in Arabic

any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
مِثْقَبِيَة miṯqabiya

Forms of trypanosome

pluraltrypanosomes

Origin of trypanosome

Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- + -some.

Words formed from trypanosome

Questions about trypanosome

What does trypanosome mean?
Trypanosome means trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
What is trypanosome in Arabic?
Trypanosome in Arabic is مِثْقَبِيَة (miṯqabiya). See Trypanosome meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is trypanosome?
Trypanosome is a noun.
What is the plural of trypanosome?
The plural of trypanosome is trypanosomes.

Words near trypanosome in the dictionary

  1. trypanosomacides
  2. trypanosomaiasis
  3. trypanosomal
  4. trypanosomatid
  5. trypanosomatids
  6. trypanosome
  7. trypanosomes
  8. trypanosomiases
  9. trypanosomiasis
  10. trypanosomic
  11. trypanosomicide

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