Medical dictionary. 2011.
tsutsugamushi disease — [tso͞o΄tso͞o gə mo͞o′shē] n. [Jpn < tsutsuga, danger, disease, harm + mushi, insect] SCRUB TYPHUS … English World dictionary
Tsutsugamushi disease — A mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at… … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
tsutsugamushi 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 … English new terms dictionary
tsutsugamushi disease — noun Etymology: Japanese tsutsugamushi scrub typhus mite, from tsutsuga sickness + mushi insect Date: 1906 scrub typhus … New Collegiate Dictionary
tsutsugamushi mite — noun : any of several mites of the genus Trombicula that are vectors of the rickettsia causing tsutsugamushi disease … Useful english dictionary
tsutsugamushi disease — (Medicine) scrub typhus, infectious bacterial disease transmitted by mites (characterized by a sore where the bite occurred, fever, skin rash, and headaches) … English contemporary dictionary
tsutsugamushi disease — noun transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia • Syn: ↑scrub typhus • Hypernyms: ↑rickettsial disease, ↑rickettsiosis … Useful english dictionary
tsutsugamushi disease — /tsooh tseuh geuh mooh shee, tsooh /, Pathol. See scrub typhus. [ < Japn tsutsuga mushi typhus mite, equiv. to tsutsuga hindrance, ailment (earlier tutu(n)ga, deriv. of tutumi to hinder, with ka place) + mushi vermin] * * * … Universalium
tsutsugamushi disease — see scrub typhus … The new mediacal dictionary
