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trypomastigote Zool.|trɪpəʊˈmæstɪgəʊt|
[f. Gr. τρυπ-ᾶν to bore + -o + Gr. µαστῑγ-, µάστιξ whip + -ώτης (see -ot2, -ote).]
A stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes (see quot. 1966). Cf. trypanosome b.
1966Hoare & Wallace in Nature 17 Dec. 1386/1 We have devised the following new terms... (3) Opisthomastigote.., for former ‘trypanosome’..stage, represented..by forms with postnuclear kinetoplast; flagellum arising near it and emerging from its anterior end... (5) Trypomastigote.., for the true ‘trypanosome’ stage, represented by forms with postnuclear kinetoplast; flagellum arising near it and emerging from the side of the body to run along a long undulating membrane. 1980J. N. Farmer Protozoa vi. 225/1 Trypomastigotes reproduce in the vertebrate host by means of longitudinal binary fission except in the case of Trypanosoma (S.) cruzi. |