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発疹熱 (hosshinnetsu) Japanese meaning: murine typhus | Kotomora

発ほっ疹しん熱ねつ

also: はっしんねつ

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Meanings

1

murine typhus; endemic typhus; flea-borne typhus

Medical term for a flea-borne rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia typhi.

発ほっ疹しん熱ねつはノミによって媒ばい介かいされる感

かん

染せん

症しょう

です

。

Murine typhus is an infectious disease transmitted by fleas.

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
疹measles, sickness
熱heat, temperature, fever

Related words

発はっ疹しんチフス
発疹チフス (epidemic typhus) is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by lice, whereas 発疹熱 is flea-borne and generally milder.

Built from

発ほっ疹しん+熱ねつ

Written forms

発疹熱
- ほっしんねつ
  Standard kanji spelling for murine typhus.
- はっしんねつ
  Alternate reading; ほっしんねつ is more common.
はっしんねつ

Etymology

Compound of 発疹 (ほっしん, 'rash') and 熱 (ねつ, 'fever'), describing the characteristic symptoms of the disease.