tsutsugamushi disease
[ tsoo-tsuh-guh-moo-shee, tsoo- ]
/ ˈtsu tsə gəˈmu ʃi, ˌtsu- /
noun Pathology.
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
Words nearby tsutsugamushi disease
tsunami,
tsuris,
tsushima,
tsushima current,
tsushima strait,
tsutsugamushi disease,
tsvangirai,
tsvetaeva,
tswana,
tt,
ttan
British Dictionary definitions for tsutsugamushi disease
tsutsugamushi disease
/ (ˌtsʊtsʊɡəˈmʊʃɪ) /
noun
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
another name for scrub typhus
Word Origin for tsutsugamushi disease
from Japanese, from
tsutsuga disease +
mushi insect
Medical definitions for tsutsugamushi disease
tsutsugamushi disease
[ tsōō′tsə-gə-mōō′shē ]
n.
scrub typhus