trypanosomiasis

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try·pano·so·mi·a·sis | \ tri-ˌpa-nə-sə-ˈmī-ə-səs

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plural trypanosomiases\ tri-ˌpa-nə-sə-ˈmī-ə-ˌsēz

Definition of trypanosomiasis

: infection with or disease caused by trypanosomes

Examples of trypanosomiasis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Around the end of the nineteenth century, two major African trypanosomiasis epidemics swept through what is now Eastern Uganda, and Western Kenya. — Carey Baraka, Quartz Africa, 26 Apr. 2020 And in 2020, the World Health Organization hopes to eliminate sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, as a public health problem. — Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 30 Dec. 2019 Local medical personnel are receiving more training to screen for and diagnose trypanosomiasis. — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 The parasite then enters the bloodstream and causes Chagas disease, also known as trypanosomiasis. — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 19 May 2017

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“Trypanosomiasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trypanosomiasis. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.

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