trypanosome

Any of various parasitic flagellate protozoans of the genus Trypanosoma, transmitted to the vertebrate bloodstream, lymph, and spinal fluid by certain insects and often causing diseases such as sleeping sickness and nagana.

An infusorian of the order Trypanosomata. See trypanosomiasis.

Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates.