trypanosome

n. 锥体虫 [医] 锥虫

发音

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词形变化

trypanosomes 复数 trypanosomes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea

    Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes

    Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.

    睡眠虫

  2. 2.

    Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea

    Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes

    Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.

  3. 3.

    Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea

    Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

词源

Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- + -some.

来源:wiktionary