[ 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.
[ 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. 2004