tsutsugamushi disease

[ tsoo-tsuh-guh-moo-shee, tsoo- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. scrub typhus.

tsutsugamushi disease

/ ˌtsʊtsʊɡəˈmʊʃɪ /

noun

1. one of the five major groups of acute infectious rickettsial diseases affecting man, common in Asia and including scrub typhus. It is caused by the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi , transmitted by the bite of mites
2. another name for scrub typhus

Word History and Origins

Origin of tsutsugamushi disease¹

< Japanese tsutsuga-mushi typhus mite, equivalent to tsutsuga hindrance, ailment (earlier tutu ( n ) ga, derivative of tutumi to hinder, with ka place) + mushi vermin

Word History and Origins

Origin of tsutsugamushi disease¹

from Japanese, from tsutsuga disease + mushi insect