Medical Dictionary

tsetse fly

noun

Medical Definition of TSETSE FLY

:  any of several dipteran flies of the genus Glossina that occur in sub-Saharan Africa and include vectors of human and animal trypanosomes (as those causing sleeping sickness and nagana)—called also tsetse

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