cruzi

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cruz, but especially for bacteriologist Oswaldo Cruz.

cruzi

1. Cruz (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cruz's ..."

• Trypanosoma cruzi

• (Sedini) IPA^(key): /ˈkrud͡zi/^[1]

cruzi f (invariable)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of crozi (“cross”)