Meaning of trypanosome | Babel Free

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1. 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
2. Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
3. Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
4. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
5. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

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