trypanosoma

English - Turkish

Definition of trypanosoma in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) Bazı türleri insanda uyku hastalığına sebep olan, ön kısmında ince kamçıya sahip iğ şeklinde bir parazit cinsi

English - English

Definition of trypanosoma in English English dictionary

A genus of kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastida), 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

{i} plural of trypanosome, type of protozoan parasite of the genus Trypanosoma that causes sleeping sickness and other diseases in man and animals (usually transmitted by insects)

Etymology

() Derived from Greek trypano (borer) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sōma, “body”) (soma), because of their corkscrew-like motion.