Meanings
nounChagas' disease (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America, caused by the parasitic trypanosome T. cruzi. It is transmitted to many mammals such as humans through insect bites, mainly by kissing bugs. Symptoms include fever, oedema, cardiomyopathy, and enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes. It can be fatal.
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Origin
Named after Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who first described it in 1909.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 恰加斯病
- 恰加斯病form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
Czech Chagasova choroba
- Chagasova chorobaform of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
Portuguese doença de Chagas
- doença de Chagasform of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
Russian боле́знь Ша́гаса, америка́нский трипаносомо́з
- боле́знь Ша́гаса (boléznʹ Šágasa)form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
- америка́нский трипаносомо́з (amerikánskij tripanosomóz)form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
Spanish enfermedad de Chagas, tripanosomiasis americana
- enfermedad de Chagasform of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
- tripanosomiasis americanaform of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America
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