trypanosome

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- +‎ -some. === Pronunciation === === Noun === trypanosome (plural trypanosomes) Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body. ==== Derived terms ==== trypanosomal trypanosomic trypanosomiasis trypanotoxic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Leishmania == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === trypanosome m (plural trypanosomes) trypanosome === Further reading === “trypanosome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012