TRYPANOSOME

[try.pano.some] n [NL Trypanosoma, fr. Gk trypanon auger + NL -soma -some--more at trepan] (1903): any of a genus (Trypanosoma) of parasitic flagellate protozoans that infest the blood of various vertebrates including humans, are usu. transmitted by the bite of an insect, and include some that cause serious disease (as sleeping sickness)