See Also: leptomonad(medicine)
leptomonad(dictionary)

leptomonad (iou)



leptomonad noun & adjective. E20.
[from LEPTOMONAS + -AD1.]
Zoology. (Designating) any trypanosome when existing in an elongated form (assumed only in the invertebrate host and in culture) with a flagellum emerging from the anterior end. Also = LEPTOMONAS.