Dictionary entry
Tsetse
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtsi/
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛtsi/
Myanmar Meaning
အာဖရိကတိုက် အပူပိုင်းဒေသရှိ စီစီယင်။
Definition
tsetse /'tsetsi/ (also tsetse fly ) n (အာဖရိကတိုက္ အပူပိုင္းေဒသရိွ) စီစီယင္။
Examples
- ‘It is caused by a protozoan
- Trypanosoma brucei
- which is transmitted to humans through the bite of a tsetse fly.’
- ‘The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness
- midges transmits lumpy skin disease and three-day stiff sickness.’
- ‘The main health threats are sleeping sickness
- transmitted by the tsetse fly
- and malaria.’
- ‘It is caused by the trypanosoma parasite
- which enters the bloodstream through the bite of the tsetse fly.’
- ‘Due to the altitude
- much of the region is free of malarial mosquitoes and the tsetse and other flies that spread human and animal diseases.’