trypanosomiasis

American  

[trih-pan-uh-soh-mahy-uh-sis, trip-uh-nuh-] / trɪˌpæn ə soʊˈmaɪ ə sɪs, ˌtrɪp ə nə- /

noun

Pathology.

1. any infection caused by a trypanosome.

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trypanosomiasis British  

/ ˌtrɪpənəsəˈmaɪəsɪs /

noun

1. any infection of an animal or human with a trypanosome See also sleeping sickness Chagas' disease

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trypanosomiasis Scientific  

/ trĭ-păn′ə-sō-mī′ə-sĭs /

1. A disease or infection caused by a trypanosome.

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Etymology

Origin of trypanosomiasis

First recorded in 1900–05; trypanosome + -iasis

Example Sentences

And in 2020, the World Health Organization hopes to eliminate sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, as a public health problem.

From Nature • Dec. 19, 2019

As recently as 10 years ago, the main treatment for human African trypanosomiasis was an arsenic-based drug named melarsoprol that killed 5% of those treated with it.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 16, 2018

Last year, 2,184 cases of sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis, were reported worldwide, down from 6,747 in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2017

As a result, the WHO made sleeping sickness, or Human African trypanosomiasis, a public health priority as one of 17 neglected tropical diseases.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2015

Good account of internal anatomy of this fly, important because of its relation to trypanosomiasis.

From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur