单词 | leptomonad |
释义 | leptomonadn. Zoology. (a) = leptomonas n. a. (b) Any flagellate of the family Trypanosomidæ when existing in an elongated form with a flagellum emerging from the anterior end and arising near a kinetoplast at this end, which form is assumed only in the invertebrate host (and in culture); frequently attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae > of leptomonas leptomonad1909 leptomonas1926 the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > family Trypanosomidae or Trypanosomatidae > member of > member of genus Leptomonas leptomonad1909 leptomonas1926 1909 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 362 (heading) New leptomonad in muscids. 1931 R. R. Kudo Handbk. Protozool. xi. 145 Genus Leishmania Ross... In culture the organism develops into leptomonad forms. 1942 D. L. Belding Textbk. Clin. Parasitol. xi. 143 The species of the genus Crithidia occur in the leishmanian, leptomonad and crithidial forms. 1942 D. L. Belding Textbk. Clin. Parasitol. xi. 143 The species of the Phytomonas pass through both leishmanian and leptomonad stages. 1961 M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xxviii. 433 In man leishmaniæ appear as ovoid organisms with no flagella, but in insects and in culture they turn into flagellated leptomonads. 1962 J. D. Smyth Introd. Animal Parasitol. v. 52 Genus Leptomonas. The leptomonads are exclusively parasites of invertebrates. 1962 J. D. Smyth Introd. Animal Parasitol. v. 64 The morphological changes [of leishmanias] within the sandfly gut are simple. In the mid gut they become leptomonad flagellates which multiply rapidly, spreading forwards to enter the oesophagus and pharynx by the fourth or fifth day. When introduced into the mammalian skin by a bite, the flagellates become rounded and assume the leishmanial form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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