See Glossina. [S. African native name]
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n.
a large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina. Tsetse flies, which have slender forwardly projecting biting mouthparts, feed during the day on humans and other mammals. They transmit the blood parasites that cause sleeping sickness. G. palpalis and G. tachinoides, which are found along river banks, transmit Trypanosoma gambiense; G. morsitans, G. swynnertoni, and G. pallidipes, which are found in savannah country, transmit T. rhodesiense.
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tset·se (tsetґse) any member of the genus Glossina.Medical dictionary. 2011.