PARASITIC THYROIDITIS
\pˌaɹəsˈɪtɪk θˌa͡ɪɹɔ͡ɪdˈa͡ɪtɪs], \pˌaɹəsˈɪtɪk θˌaɪɹɔɪdˈaɪtɪs], \p_ˌa_ɹ_ə_s_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k θ_ˌaɪ_ɹ_ɔɪ_d_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_s]\
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An infectious disease of the ductless glands, marked clinically in the chronic form by enlargement of the thyroid and myxedematous symptoms; by enlarged thyroid, submaxillary, and axillary glands, and fever in the acute form; the pathogenic microorganism is believed to be a trypano some, Schyzotripanum cruzi, transmitted by a hematophagous bug, Lamus (Conorrhinus) megistus, in which it is parasitic in the intestine; called also Chagas's, or Chagas-Cruz, disease.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
