[ 'trɪp(ə)nəsəʊm , trɪ'panə- ]
■ noun Medicine & Zoology a single-celled parasitic protozoan with a trailing flagellum, infesting the blood. [Genus Trypanosoma .]
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Gk trupanon 'borer' + -some 3 .
[ 'trɪp(ə)nəsəʊm , trɪ'panə- ]
■ noun Medicine & Zoology a single-celled parasitic protozoan with a trailing flagellum, infesting the blood. [Genus Trypanosoma .]
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Gk trupanon 'borer' + -some 3 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004