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SCRUB TYPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrub typhus mean? 

SCRUB TYPHUS (noun)
  The noun SCRUB TYPHUS has 1 sense:

1. transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asiaplay

  Familiarity information: SCRUB TYPHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRUB TYPHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

scrub typhus; tsutsugamushi disease

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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