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trypanosomiasis

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try·​pano·​so·​mi·​a·​sis | \ tri-ˌpa-nə-sə-ˈmī-ə-səs How to pronounce trypanosomiasis (audio) \
plural trypanosomiases\ tri-​ˌpa-​nə-​sə-​ˈmī-​ə-​ˌsēz How to pronounce trypanosomiases (audio) \

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, "I am alive because my Kenyan great-grandfather quarantined 100 years ago and here we go again," 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, "Watch Out for These Science Events in 2020," 30 Dec. 2019 Local medical personnel are receiving more training to screen for and diagnose trypanosomiasis. — Washington Post, "Malawi fights tsetse flies, disease after wildlife relocated," 30 Oct. 2019 The parasite then enters the bloodstream and causes Chagas disease, also known as trypanosomiasis. — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, "'Kissing bug' disease more deadly than thought," 19 May 2017

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First Known Use of trypanosomiasis

1902, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for trypanosomiasis

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“Trypanosomiasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trypanosomiasis. Accessed 30 Sep. 2020.

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trypanosomiasis

noun
try·​pano·​so·​mi·​a·​sis | \ tri-ˌpan-ə-sə-ˈmī-ə-səs How to pronounce trypanosomiasis (audio) \
plural trypanosomiases\ -​ˌsēz How to pronounce trypanosomiases (audio) \

Medical Definition of trypanosomiasis

: infection with or disease (as African sleeping sickness or Chagas disease) caused by flagellates of the genus Trypanosoma

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