Definition of trypanosomiasis in English:
trypanosomiasis
nountrɪˌpanə(ʊ)sə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪəsɪsˌtrɪp(ə)nə(ʊ)sə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪəsɪstrəˌpænəsoʊˈmaɪəsəs
mass nounMedicine Any tropical disease caused by trypanosomes and typically transmitted by biting insects, especially sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- In terms of public health and economic impact, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is the most important parasitic infection in Latin America.
- The relentless spread of disease in central Africa contrasts with the remarkable recent success of control programmes in South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease).
- Without medical treatment, sleeping sickness - or trypanosomiasis - is always fatal.
- How people use their environments has profoundly affected diseases like malaria and trypanosomiasis.
- Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is one of the most important but equally most neglected tropical infections.
Definition of trypanosomiasis in US English:
trypanosomiasis
nountrəˌpænəsoʊˈmaɪəsəstrəˌpanəsōˈmīəsəs
Medicine Any tropical disease caused by trypanosomes and typically transmitted by biting insects, especially sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- In terms of public health and economic impact, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is the most important parasitic infection in Latin America.
- How people use their environments has profoundly affected diseases like malaria and trypanosomiasis.
- Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is one of the most important but equally most neglected tropical infections.
- Without medical treatment, sleeping sickness - or trypanosomiasis - is always fatal.
- The relentless spread of disease in central Africa contrasts with the remarkable recent success of control programmes in South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease).