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leptomonad
leptomonad Zool. (lɛpˈtɒmənæd) [f. lepto- + monad.] a. = leptomonas a. b. Any flagellate of the family Trypanosomidæ when existing in an elongated form with a flagellum emerging from the anterior end and arising near a kinetoplast at this end, which form is assumed only in the invertebrate host (and... Oxford English Dictionary
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leptomonas
leptomonas Zool. (lɛpˈtɒmənæs) Pl. leptomonas. [mod.L., f. lepto- + -monas.] a. Any flagellate of the genus Leptomonas (family Trypanosomidæ), which comprises species parasitic in invertebrates (esp. in the alimentary tract of insects) and existing in both leptomonad and leishmanial forms. b. = lept... Oxford English Dictionary
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Trypanosomatida
(leptomonad). The promastigote form is a common morphology in the insect host. wikipedia.org
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promastigote
promastigote, a. and n. Zool. (prəʊˈmæstɪgəʊt) [erron. f. Gr. πρό (? taken as opp. Gr. α-, in amastigote) + µαστιγ-, µάστιξ whip (used to render flagellum) + -ωτης (see -ot2 and -ote).] (Applied to) the flagellated form assumed by parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania when carried by arthropo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Leishmania donovani
Another transformation takes place by which they turn into "leptomonad promastigotes". These are fully motile and capable of binary fission. wikipedia.org
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Trypanosoma
‖ Trypanosoma Zool. (ˌtrɪpənəʊˈsəʊmə) [mod.L., f. Gr. τρύπανον borer + σῶµα body.] A genus of flagellate infusorial protozoa, species of which are parasitic in the blood of man and other animals, causing specific diseases, such as sleeping-sickness; an infusorian of this genus. Hence ˌtrypanoˈsomaci... Oxford English Dictionary
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leishmania
leishmania Zool. and Med. (liːʃˈmænɪə, laɪʃ-) Pl. -ia, -iæ, -ias. [mod.L., f. Leishman + -ia1.] a. Any protozoon of the genus Leishmania (family Trypanosomidæ), comprising three species which are parasitic in man (and occas. other mammals), occurring as non-flagellated Leishman–Donovan bodies, and w... Oxford English Dictionary
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