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Definition

trypanosomiasis

(tri-panŏ-sŏ-mī'ă-sĭs )

[Trypanosoma + -iasis]

Any of the several diseases occurring in humans and domestic animals caused by a species of Trypanosoma.

African t.Sleeping sickness (2).

American t.Chagas disease.

South American trypanosomiasis Chagas disease.