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tsutsugamushi disease

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

noun

, Pathology.


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
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tsutsugamushi disease1

from Japanese, from tsutsuga disease + mushi insect

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