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SCRUB TYPHUS
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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)