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trichomonas
n. trichomonad
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Trichomonas
Trichomonas is a genus of anaerobic protists that are parasites of vertebrates. They are included with the Parabasalids.
Species of Trichomonas include:
- Trichomonas vaginalis, an organism generally living inside the human urinogenital tract.
- Trichomonas gallinae, which infects birds, causing canker in pigeons and doves, and frounce in raptors. Frounce-like lesions found in the fossil jaws of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex were probably caused by a parasite similar to Trichomonas gallinae.
- Trichomonas tenax, an organism found in the oral cavity of humans, cats, and dogs
- Trichomonas termopsidis, found in termite guts
Usage examples of "trichomonas".
And to top it all off, a poor soul who had been married for ten years to a traveling salesman had contracted Trichomonas vaginitis.