[tsoo-tsuh-guh-moo-shee, tsoo-] 
| an infectious disease occurring chiefly in Japan and the East Indies, caused by the organism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by mites through biting. |
| scrub typhus n. An acute infectious disease common in Asia that is caused by the rickettsia Rickettsia tsutsugamushi transmitted by mites and that is characterized by sudden fever, painful swelling of the lymphatic glands, skin lesions, and skin rash. Also called Japanese river fever, tsutsugamushi disease. |
| tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi disease (tsōō'tsōō-gə-mōō'shē) n. See scrub typhus. [Japanese tsutsugamushi, typhus mite : tsutsuga, illness + mushi, tick.] |
scrub typhus n.
An acute infectious disease common in Asia caused by Rickettsia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by mites; it is characterized by sudden fever, painful swelling of the lymph glands, skin lesions, and skin rash. Also called akamushi disease, Japanese river fever, mite typhus, tropical typhus, tsutsugamushi disease.
tsutsugamushi disease tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi disease (ts&oomacr;'tsə-gə-m&oomacr;'shē)
n.
See scrub typhus.