Definition of Trypomastigote

1. Noun. (biology) A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and connected to the cell body by a long undulating membrane. ¹

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Medical Definition of Trypomastigote

1. Term to replace the older term, "trypanosome stage," which was often confused with the flagellate genus Trypanosoma. It denotes the stage (infective stage for South American trypanosomiasis and African trypanosomiasis, and the only stage found in man in the latter illness) in which the flagellum arises from a posteriorly located kinetoplast and emerges from the side of the body, with an undulating membrane running along the length of the body. Origin: G. Trypanon, auger, + mastix, whip (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trypomastigote

trypanosomatid
trypanosomatids
trypanosomatina
trypanosome
trypanosome fever
trypanosome stage
trypanosomes
trypanosomiases
trypanosomiasis
trypanosomic
trypanosomicide
trypanosomid
tryparsamide
trypomastigote (current term)
trypomastigotes
tryps
trypsin
trypsin G-banding stain
trypsin inhibitor
trypsin inhibitors
trypsinisation
trypsinisations
trypsinise
trypsinised
trypsinises
trypsinising
trypsinization
trypsinizations

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