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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 Asia
Familiarity information: SCRUB TYPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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