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Chagas disease

Chagas disease is the alternative form of Chagas' disease.

Meaning of Chagas' disease

Noun

Chagas' disease (uncountable)

  1. A 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.

Questions about Chagas disease

What is Chagas disease the alternative form of?
Chagas disease is the alternative form of Chagas' disease.

Words near Chagas disease in the dictionary

  1. chagals
  2. chagan
  3. Chagang
  4. chagans
  5. Chagas
  6. Chagas disease
  7. Chagas' disease
  8. chagasic
  9. chagasin
  10. chagasins
  11. Chagatai

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