Medical Dictionary

Kinetoplastida

noun pl Ki·neto·plas·ti·da \-ˈplas-təd-ə\

Medical Definition of KINETOPLASTIDA

:  an order of flagellate protozoans of the subphylum Mastigophora that have a kinetoplast and typically one or two flagella—compare bodo, leishmania, trypanosoma

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