Trypanosome Definition
trĭ-pănə-sōm
noun
Any of a genus (Trypanosoma) of zooflagellates that live as parasites in the blood of human beings and other vertebrates, are usually transmitted by an insect bite, and often cause serious diseases, as sleeping sickness or Chagas' disease.
Webster's New World
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