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tsutsugamushi disease

tsutsugamushi disease

9.9
An infection in Asia when bacteria from mite bites cause fever, rash, and sometimes serious problems
  • noun
  • /tsuˈtsuːɡəˌmuːʃi dɪˈziːz/
  • Indian
translation icon : enfermedad de tsutsugamushi
  • He was hospitalized with high fever and a rash, eventually diagnosed as tsutsugamushi disease.

Examples

  • Proper protective clothing can reduce the risk of contracting tsutsugamushi disease while hiking in endemic regions.

  • Many travelers to rural areas in Asia are advised to take precautions against tsutsugamushi disease.

  • Many people suffer from tsutsugamushi disease.

  • What causes tsutsugamushi disease?

  • He was hospitalized with high fever and a rash, eventually diagnosed as tsutsugamushi disease.

  • Many travelers to rural areas in Asia are advised to take precautions against tsutsugamushi disease.

  • Proper protective clothing can reduce the risk of contracting tsutsugamushi disease while hiking in endemic regions.

Synonyms

scrub typhus
vstsutsugamushi disease
  • Specialized
8.4

A disease people get when tiny animals called mites bite them that gives fever and a rash

is the formal scientific name for that same infection

Surface Forms

tsutsugamushi disease singular
tsutsugamushi diseases plural

Morphology

tsutsugamushi + disease

The compound contains the unfamiliar proper/technical name 'tsutsugamushi' plus the generic 'disease'; knowing 'disease' does not allow a B1 learner to infer that this refers to scrub typhus or a mite-borne bacterial illness. Because 'tsutsugamushi' is a language-specific scientific/local name without compositional meaning in English, the overall term is idiomatic/terminological and not derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Tsutsugamushi disease comes from Japanese. Tsutsugamushi names the tiny 'mites' that spread the illness and mushi means 'insect', so the name points to the animal that causes the disease by its bites.