trypanosome

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noun

Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.

Origintranslingual Trypanosoma →
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Meanings

nountrypanosome (plural trypanosomes)

plural trypanosomes

  1. 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
    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.

Origin

  1. translingualTrypanosoma
  2. Englishtrypanosome

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

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Translations

Arabic مِثْقَبِيَة
  • مِثْقَبِيَة (miṯqabiya)any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Bulgarian трипанозома
  • трипанозома (tripanozoma)any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Catalan tripanosoma
  • tripanosomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Chinese Mandarin 睡眠蟲 /睡眠虫
  • 睡眠蟲 /睡眠虫 (shuìmiánchóng)any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Czech trypanozoma
  • trypanozomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Finnish trypanosooma
  • trypanosoomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
French trypanosome
  • trypanosomeany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
German Trypanosoma
  • Trypanosomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Greek τρυπανόσωμα
  • τρυπανόσωμα (trypanósoma)any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Irish tripineasóm
  • tripineasómany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Italian tripanosoma
  • tripanosomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Polish świdrowiec, trypanosom
  • świdrowiecany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
  • trypanosomany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Portuguese tripanossoma, tripanossomo
  • tripanossomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
  • tripanossomoany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Russian трипаносо́ма
  • трипаносо́ма (tripanosóma)any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Spanish tripanosoma
  • tripanosomaany of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects
Cite this entry
APA

trypanosome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trypanosome

MLA

“trypanosome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trypanosome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trypanosome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trypanosome.

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