scrub typhus


nounPathology.
  1. an infectious disease occurring chiefly in Japan and the East Indies, caused by the organism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by mites through biting.

Origin of scrub typhus

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby scrub typhus

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British Dictionary definitions for scrub typhus

scrub typhus

noun
  1. an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific

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