trypanosomiasis (ˌtrɪpənəsəˈmaɪəsɪs) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| sleeping sickness See also Chagas' disease any infection of an animal or human with a trypanosome | |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
trypanosomiasis try·pan·o·so·mi·a·sis (trĭ-pān'ə-sō-mī'ə-sĭs)
n. pl. try·pan·o·so·mi·a·ses (-sēz')
A disease or an infection caused by a trypanosome.
| trypanosomiasis (trĭ-pān'ə-sō-mī'ə-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
A disease or infection caused by a trypanosome. |
trypanosomiasis
infectious disease in both humans and animals caused by certain members of the flagellate protozoa genus Trypanosoma and spread by certain bloodsucking insects.
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