trypanosomiasis

noun try·pano·so·mi·a·sis \tri-ˌpa-nə-sə-ˈmī-ə-səs\

plural try·pano·so·mi·a·ses\-ˌsēz\

Definition of TRYPANOSOMIASIS

: infection with or disease caused by trypanosomes

New Latin

First Known Use: 1902

Medical Dictionary

noun try·pano·so·mi·a·sis \tri-ˌpan-ə-sə-ˈmī-ə-səs\

plural try·pano·so·mi·a·ses \-ˌsēz\

: infection with or disease (as African sleeping sickness or Chagas' disease) caused by flagellates of the genus Trypanosoma

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