glossina

[ glo-sahy-nuh, -see-, glaw- ]

/ glɒˈsaɪ nə, -ˈsi-, glɔ- /

noun

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Origin of glossina

1885–90; < New Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; see gloss-, -ina²

Words nearby glossina

glossator, glossectomy, glossematics, glosseme, glosser, glossina, glossitis, glossitis areata exfoliativa, glossmeter, glosso-, glossocele

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Example sentences from the Web for glossina

Kleine states that Glossina palpalis can no longer be regarded as the sole transmitter of sleeping sickness.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
This species, found especially in north-east Rhodesia and in Nyassaland, is transferred by Glossina morsitans.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
One of the worst is the tsetse (Glossina morsitans), immortalised by Livingstone.
Parasites|T. Spencer Cobbold
For the Glossina morsitans sleeps by night beneath leaves in the bush, and only wakes when disturbed.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey

Glossina palpalis lives in limited areas, where the forest and undergrowth is dense, along the lake shore or river banks.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

Medical definitions for glossina

Glossina

[ glô-sī′nə ]

n.

A genus of bloodsucking dipterous flies comprising the tsetse flies of tropical and subtropical Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African trypanosomiasis.