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trypanosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
try-panosome
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

trypanosomes (plural)

Derived Forms

antitrypanosome trypanosomal trypanosomiasis trypanosomic trypanosomicide trypanosomosis trypanotoxic

Frequently Paired Words

Leishmania

Questions

What does trypanosome mean?
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
Where does trypanosome come from?
Learned borrowing from translingual Trypanosoma. By surface analysis, trypano- + -some.

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