Trypanosoman.
/ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊmə/ Zoology.
A genus of flagellate infusorial protozoa, species of which are parasitic in the blood of man and other animals, causing specific diseases, such as sleeping-sickness; an infusorian of this genus.
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Trypanosoma1880
trypanosome1903
metacyclic1947
1843 D. Gruby in Comptes Rendus 17 1134 (title) Recherches et observations sur une nouvelle espèce d'hématozoaire, Trypanosoma sanguinis. Les travaux des physiologistes modernes ont fait connaître l'existence de parasites vivants dans le sang des animaux.
1843 D. Gruby in Comptes Rendus 17 1135 Je propose de nommer cet hématozoaire Trypanosome.]
1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 218 Trypanosoma... Occurring in the blood of Amphibia, and within the intestinal viscera of domestic poultry.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. v. 102 [Sir David] Bruce's notable work on the tsetse fly as a medium in diffusing the trypansoma of ‘fly disease’.
1903 Daily Chron. 20 Nov. 5/2 A fly had been found to convey the newly-discovered blood-parasite of tropical countries, called the trypanosoma.
Derivatives
ˌtrypanoˈsomacide n. [ < Latin -cīda, -cide comb. form1] a substance having the property of destroying trypanosomes.
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trypanosomacide1903
trypanocide1917
schizonticide1943
ethidium bromide1952
schistosomicide1954
nifurtimox1969
1903 Times 7 Nov. 12/1 The search for what must, we suppose, be styled a trypanosomacide.
trypanosomal adj. /ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊməl/ (a) of, pertaining to, or caused by trypanosomes; (b) = trypanosomid n. and adj.
/ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊməl/ (a) of, pertaining to, or caused by trypanosomes; (b) = trypanosomid n. and adj.ΘΚΠ
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trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
trypanosomic1905
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomid1956
trypanosomatid1962
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae > of or relating to or caused by trypanosomes
trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 644 Prowazek..finds similar trypanosomal forms which also assume resting forms.
1908 Lancet 2 May 1285/2 Trypanosomal infection.
1942 D. L. Belding Textbk. Clin. Parasitol. xi. 144 The species..of the genus Herpetomonas have four stages in their life cycle, appearing as leishmanian, leptomonad, crithidial and trypanosomal forms.
1971 Markell & Voge Med. Parasitol. (ed. 3) vii. 115 In both the Gambian and Rhodesian forms of African trypanosomiasis, the parasites occur in the blood stream and central nervous system in the trypanosomal form.
trypanosomatic adj. /ˌtrɪpənəʊsəˈmætɪk/ = trypanosomal adj.
/ˌtrɪpənəʊsəˈmætɪk/ = trypanosomal adj.ΘΚΠ
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trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
trypanosomic1905
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae > of or relating to or caused by trypanosomes
trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
1904 Science 22 July 112/2 The cultivation of the organisms causing trypanosomatic diseases.
trypanosomatous adj. /ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊmətəs/
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trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
trypanosomic1905
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae > of or relating to or caused by trypanosomes
trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
1891 Cent. Dict. Trypanosomatous.
ˌtrypanosomaˈtosis n. [modern Latin: see -osis suffix] = trypanosomiasis.
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sleepy sickness1803
Gambia fever1817
sleeping sickness1875
Negro lethargy1886
sleep disease1897
trypanosomiasis1902
trypanosomatosis1903
Gambian1904
Chagas' disease1912
1903 Lancet 4 Apr. 945/2 [The chimpanzee] suffers from ankylostomiasis, filariasis, and trypanosomatosis.
ˈtrypanosome n. /ˈtrɪpənəsəʊm/ [ < French trypanosome (Gruby, 1843)] (a) an infusorian of the genus Trypanosoma; (b) used attributively to designate trypanosomes and related hæmoflagellates at a stage in their life cycle when they have an elongated body with the flagellum arising from the posterior end; cf. trypomastigote n.
/ˈtrɪpənəsəʊm/ [ < French trypanosome (Gruby, 1843)] (a) an infusorian of the genus Trypanosoma; (b) used attributively to designate trypanosomes and related hæmoflagellates at a stage in their life cycle when they have an elongated body with the flagellum arising from the posterior end; cf. trypomastigote n.ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > family Trypanosomidae or Trypanosomatidae > member of > member of genus Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma1880
trypanosome1903
metacyclic1947
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae > of or relating to or caused by trypanosomes > of trypanosomes at specific stage
trypanosome1903
1903 Daily Record (Glasgow) 16 Apr. 5 Although we found the parasite in none of the natives..we did find a trypanasome in each of two horses belonging to the commandant.
1908 Athenæum 21 Nov. 651/3 Prof. E. A. Minchin exhibited a series of drawings of trypanosomes obtained from British freshwater fishes.
1924 R. W. Hegner & W. H. Taliaferro Human Protozool. v. 151 Once these crithidial forms [of Trypanosoma spp.] are established in the salivary glands they probably form a permanent source for the production of the infective trypanosome forms.
1949 C. A. Hoare Handbk. Med. Protozool. xi. 171 The developmental stages through which trypanosomes pass in the course of their life-cycle..comprise the trypanosome, crithidial and leishmanial forms, and occasionally also the leptomonad form.
1967 A. W. Jones Introd. Parasitol. xxix. 412 Trypanosoma..may include all forms, and it parasitizes insect and vertebrate hosts. In the latter host, only the trypanosome form occurs.
trypanosomiasis n. /ˌtrɪpənəʊsəˈmaɪəsɪs/ (pl. trypanosomiases/ˌtrɪpənəʊsəˈmaɪəsiːz/) [modern Latin, after elephantiasis, etc.; but the etymological pronunciation would be /-ɪˈeɪsɪs/] a disease produced by infection with trypanosomes.
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sleepy sickness1803
Gambia fever1817
sleeping sickness1875
Negro lethargy1886
sleep disease1897
trypanosomiasis1902
trypanosomatosis1903
Gambian1904
Chagas' disease1912
1902 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 5/2 An..expedition to West Africa..left..to-day... They go to French Senegal,..into the interior to investigate the tropical disease known as trypanosomiasis.
1912 Nature 21 Nov. 338/2 The progress..of our knowledge with regard to the trypanosomiases of animals and human beings in Africa.
trypanosomic adj. /ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊmɪk/ = trypanosomal adj. (in quot. 1906, infected with trypanosomes).
/ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊmɪk/ = trypanosomal adj. (in quot. 1906, infected with trypanosomes).ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > parasitic disorders > [adjective] > trypanosomiasis
trypanosomatous1891
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomatic1904
trypanosomic1905
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 1140 The heavy loss among horses and cattle..from various trypanosomic diseases.
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 1140 The treatment of trypan red in various trypanosomic diseases.
1906 Jrnl. Med. Research July 125 This water is then inoculated with the otherwise sterile trypanosomic blood.
trypanoˈsomid n. and adj. [ < modern Latin Trypanosomidae (F. Doflein Die Protozoen als Parasiten und Krankheitserreger (1901) 57): see -id suffix3] (pertaining to or designating) a member of the family Trypanosomidæ, which comprises trypanosomes and related species of flagellate protozoans which at some stage in their life cycle have an elongated body with one nucleus and a single flagellum arising from a kinetosome.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomid1956
trypanosomatid1962
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > family Trypanosomidae or Trypanosomatidae > member of
trypanosomid1956
trypanosomatid1962
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 279/2 (heading) A synthetic growth medium for the trypanosomid flagellate Strigomonas (Herpetomonas) oncopelti.
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 279/2 This trypanosomid..is parasitic in the digestive tract of Hemiptera.
1975 Nature 8 May 157/1 Calcium may be responsible for the control of flagellar activity in a trypanosomid flagellate, Crithidia oncopelti.
trypanoˈsomatid n. and adj. (corresponding to the synonymous family name Trypanosomatidæ).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [adjective] > relating to member of family Trypanosomidae
trypanosomal1904
trypanosomid1956
trypanosomatid1962
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Flagellidia > [noun] > family Trypanosomidae or Trypanosomatidae > member of
trypanosomid1956
trypanosomatid1962
1962 Jrnl. Protozool. 9 53/1 Because certain species of horseflies..have been incriminated in the transmission of trypanosomes of animals, a study of their own trypanosomatid parasites has a particular interest for students of insect flagellates.
1963 F. G. Wallace in J. Ludvík et al. Progr. in Protozool. 70 The criteria that have been used most in the definition of genera among the trypanosomatids of insects have been morphological.
1977 C. D. Becker in J. P. Kreier Parasitic Protozoa I. x. 370 Trypanosomes of fish appear to be similar to related trypanosomatids from the blood of other vertebrates.
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