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scrub typhus

scrub typhus noun: a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi carried by certain mites.

Noun

scrub typhus (uncountable)

  1. A form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi carried by certain mites.

Synonyms of scrub typhus

Questions about scrub typhus

What does scrub typhus mean?
Scrub typhus means a form of typhus caused by the intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi carried by certain mites.
What part of speech is scrub typhus?
Scrub typhus is a noun.

Words near scrub typhus in the dictionary

  1. scrub robins
  2. scrub the ground
  3. scrub turkey
  4. scrub turkeys
  5. scrub turpentine
  6. scrub typhus
  7. scrub up
  8. scrub wallabies
  9. scrub wallaby
  10. scrub wren
  11. scrub wrens

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