Definition of Trichomonad

1. Noun. Cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds.


Definition of Trichomonad

1. Noun. Any of many flagellate protozoans, of the genus ''Trichomonas'', most of which are parasitic ¹

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Definition of Trichomonad

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Medical Definition of Trichomonad

1. Common name for members of the family Trichomonadidae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichomonad

trichoma
trichomanes
trichomania
trichomaniac
trichomas
trichomatose
trichomatosis
trichomatous
trichome
trichomes
trichomic
trichomonacidal
trichomonacide
trichomonacides
trichomonad (current term)
trichomonadida
trichomonads
trichomonal
trichomonas infections
trichomoniases
trichomonosis
trichomycetosis
trichomycosis

Literary usage of Trichomonad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Galli-Valerio found double-contoured cysts in the faeces of trichomonad-infected guinea-pigs, after the faeces had been kept for a month in a damp chamber. ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... (1914) record a case of chronic dysentery in Algeria due to a trichomonad possessing an undulating membrane and five free flagella. ..."

3. A Manual of Legal Medicine: For the Use of Practitioners and Students of by Justin Herold (1898)
"The trichomonad internally is granular, while the heads of the spermatozoa are ... The boundary wall at the head of the trichomonad contains several cilia, ..."

4. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"And should we succeed then shall our names Be as familiar as household words: Dinoflagellate and Diplomonad, Microsporidian, trichomonad.0 Eukaryotes This ..."

5. A Textbook of bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"The same or like parasites are present in mice, rats, dogs, cats, and sheep. Transmission is by contact, as in trichomonad infections. ..."

6. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"Mitosis and multiple fission in trichomonad flagellates. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts * Sei., Boston, 51, 289-378, pis. 1-8, 7 fige, in text. ..."

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