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  • noun A form of typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers.

Etymologies

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From the Japanese つつがむし (tsutsugamushi, "chigger").

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Examples

  • The research push began during World War II, when thousands of troops in the South Pacific came down with the rat-carried tsutsugamushi disease, and the Allies also feared that the Germans and Japanese would release rats to spread the plague ...

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, is transmitted by trombiculid mites belonging to the genus Leptotrombidium.

    Chapter 9 1996

  • Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • Ryukyu shogi tsuba Ryukyuan shogoin turnip tsubo sabi shogun Tsuga sakai, adj. shogunate tsugaresinol sakaki shoji tsunami sake shomio tsurugi sakura Showa tsutsugamushi samisen shoya disease samsien shoyu tsutsugamushi mite samurai shubunkin tsutsumu san Shuha, adj. tycoon Sanda ware sika udo sanpaku, adj.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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