tsu|tsu|ga|mu|shi disease

tsu|tsu|ga|mu|shi disease
tsu|tsu|ga|mu|shi disease «tsoo TSOO guh MOO shee»,
= scrub typhus. (Cf.scrub typhus)
[< Japanese tsutsugamushi the bug that transmits the disease < tsutsuga disease + mushi insect]

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