trypanosome

UK: /ˈtrɪpənəˌsəʊm/ US: (tri pan′ə sōm′, trip′ə nə-)

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try•pan•o•some  (tri pan′ə sōm′, trip′ə nə-), n. 

1. Microbiology any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.

• Greek trȳpano- (combining form of trý̄panon borer) + -some³
• 1900–05;

try•pan′o•so′mal, try•pan•o•som•ic  (tri pan′ə som′ik, trip′ə nə-), adj. 

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trypanosome / ˈtrɪpənəˌsəʊm/ noun

1. any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, which lives in the blood of vertebrates, is transmitted by certain insects, and causes sleeping sickness and certain other diseases

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Trypanosoma, from Greek trupanon borer + sōma body