Eukaryote
trypanosoma
[ trih-pan-uh-soh-muh, trip-uh-nuh- ]
Subclass of:
Trypanosomatina
Etymology:
Greek trypanon = a gimlet or borer + soma = body
A parasite with an undulating membrane along the body, suggesting the flange of a gimlet.
Definitions related to trypanosoma:
  • A genus of flagellate protozoans found in the BLOOD and LYMPH of vertebrates and invertebrates, both hosts being required to complete the life cycle.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A genus of kinetoplastid, unicellular, parasitic flagellate protozoa in the phylum Euglenozoa. Most trypanosomes are heteroxenous, requiring more than one obligatory host to complete its life cycle.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Genus of protozoa comprising hemoflagellates parasitic in invertebrates and vertebrates, some of which are pathogenic; both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts are required to complete the life cycle.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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