• Trypanosomiasis

    Origin

    From trypanosome + (elephant)iasis.

    Full definition of trypanosomiasis

    Noun

    trypanosomiasis

    (plural trypanosomiases)
    1. (disease) Any of several diseases or infections caused by a trypanosome.
      • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 297:Spotted fever, yaws, typhus and trypanosomiasis throve here.
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