tsutsugamushi disease

American  

[tsoo-tsuh-guh-moo-shee, tsoo-] / ˈtsu tsə gəˈmu ʃi, ˌtsu- /

noun

Pathology.

1. scrub typhus.

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tsutsugamushi disease British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of tsutsugamushi disease

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