Dictionary
Cha'gas' disease"
Pronunciation: (shä'gus), [key] Pathol.
an infectious disease caused by the protozoan
Trypanosoma cruzi, occurring chiefly in tropical America and characterized by irregular fever, palpable lymph nodes, and often heart damage. Also called
American trypanosomiasis. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.