trichomonad (redirected from trichomonadal)

trich·o·mo·nad  (trk-mnd)

n.

Any of various flagellate protozoans of the genus Trichomonas, occurring as parasites in the digestive and urogenital tracts of vertebrates.

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[New Latin Trichomonas, genus name : tricho- + Late Latin monas, monad-, unit; see monad.]

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tricho·mo·nadal (-ndl), tricho·monal (-mnl) adj.

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Noun

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trichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals genus Trichomonas - flagellates parasitic in alimentary or genitourinary tracts of vertebrates and invertebrates including humans