Definition of "trypanosome"

Any of a group of protozoan parasites which are transmitted by biting insects and infect the blood of humans and other vertebrates; order Trypanosomatida in class Kinetoplastea

1. Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes

   1. Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes sleeping sickness.  examples

   2. Trypanosoma cruzi, a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.  examples

2. Trypomastigotes, a morphological class of trypanosomatids with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.  examples