TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE


Meaning of TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE in English

[ ˌtsu:tsu:gə'mʊʃi ]

■ noun another term for scrub typhus .

Origin

early 20th cent.: tsutsugamushi , from the Japanese name of the mite which transmits the disease.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.