See Also: leptomonas(medicine)
leptomonas(dictionary)

leptomonas (iou)



leptomonas noun & adjective. Pl. same. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from LEPTO- + Greek monas MONAD.]
Zoology. (Designating) any trypanosome of the genus Leptomonas, which includes species parasitic in insects etc. and existing in both leptomonad and leishmanial forms. Also = LEPTOMONAD.