Jump to:

• Trichomonas
  Trichomonas

  noun

  a genus of parasites, various species of which may transmit disease to birds, dogs, cats, and other vertebrate hosts, including humans, whose most common Trichomonas affliction is trichomoniasis.
• trichomonas
  trichomonas

  Any of various flagellated protozoans of the genus Trichomonas that are parasitic and inhabit the digestive and genitourinary tract of the host. Trichomonas vaginalis is a common cause of vaginal infections in humans.

Trichomonas

American  

[trik-uh-moh-nuhs] / ˌtrɪk əˈmoʊ nəs /

noun

1. Pathology. a genus of parasites, various species of which may transmit disease to birds, dogs, cats, and other vertebrate hosts, including humans, whose most common Trichomonas affliction is trichomoniasis.

---

trichomonas Scientific  

/ trĭk′ə-mō′năs′ /

1. Any of various flagellated protozoans of the genus Trichomonas that are parasitic and inhabit the digestive and genitourinary tract of the host. Trichomonas vaginalis is a common cause of vaginal infections in humans.

---

Example Sentences

Last week, they reported some modest progress: Studies have ruled out a number of agents known to cause mass mortality in birds, including Salmonella bacteria, several families of viruses, and Trichomonas parasites.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 6, 2021

But the most common cause is a tiny parasite, the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis, against which medicine has had no effective defense.

From Time Magazine Archive