trypanosome means any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea; Any of genus Trypanosoma, of family Trypanosomatidae, including; Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
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- Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea; Any of genus Trypanosoma, of family Trypanosomatidae, including; Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
- Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea; Any of genus Trypanosoma, of family Trypanosomatidae, including; Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
- Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea; Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.