trypanosome

noun5

1. •
   Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; family Trypanosomatidae in class Kinetoplastea
2. •
   Any member of the genus Trypanosoma, of family Trypanosomatidae.
3. •
   Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.
4. •
   Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
5. •
   Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.