Trypanosoma

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin, derived from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “borer, auger”) +‎ σῶμα (sôma, “body”), because of their corkscrew-like motion. === Proper noun === Trypanosoma n A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastea), a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa having a spindle-shaped body with an undulating membrane on one side and a single flagellum, which infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including the fatal sleeping sickness in humans. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Protozoa – kingdom; Eozoa – subkingdom; Euglenozoa – infrakingdom; Euglenozoa – phylum; Kinetoplastea – class; Trypanosomatida – order; Trypanosomatidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Duttonella, Herpetosoma, Megatrypanum, Nannomonas, Pycnomonas, Schizotrypanum, Trypanozoon - subgenera; Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma equiperdum - selected species ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Trypanosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Trypanosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Trypanosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Trypanosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information Trypanosoma at World Register of Marine Species == German == === Noun === Trypanosoma n (strong, genitive Trypanosomas, plural Trypanosomen) trypanosome === Further reading === “Trypanosoma” in Duden online “Trypanosoma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache