tsutsugamushi disease

UK: /ˌtsʊtsʊɡəˈmʊʃɪ/

US: (tso̅o̅′tsə gə mo̅o̅′shē, tso̅o̅′-)

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tsu′tsu•ga•mu′shi disease′  (tso̅o̅′tsə gə mo̅o̅′shē, tso̅o̅′-), [Pathol.]

1. Pathology See scrub typhus. 

• 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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tsutsugamushi disease / ˌtsʊtsʊɡəˈmʊʃɪ/ noun

1. one of the five major groups of acute infectious rickettsial diseases affecting humans, 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

Etymology: from Japanese, from tsutsuga disease + mushi insect