SCRUB TYPHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia

Synonyms:

scrub typhus; tsutsugamushi disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("scrub typhus" is a kind of...):

rickettsial disease; rickettsiosis (infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria)

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