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typhus

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ty·phus  (tfs)
n.
Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by rickettsia, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites, and characterized generally by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. Also called prison fever, ship fever, typhus fever.

[New Latin tphus, from Greek tphos, stupor arising from a fever, vapor, from tphein, to smoke.]

typhous (-fs) adj.

typhus [ˈtaɪfəs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) any one of a group of acute infectious rickettsial diseases characterized by high fever, skin rash, and severe headache Also called typhus fever
[from New Latin tȳphus, from Greek tuphos fever; related to tuphein to smoke]
typhous  adj

typhus  (tfs)
Any of several forms of an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia transmitted by fleas, mites, or especially lice, and characterized by severe headache, high fever, and skin rash. Louse-born bacteria that cause typhus are especially virulent and can cause epidemics of the disease, which may be fatal in people with weakened immune systems.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.typhustyphus - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
endemic typhus, murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus - acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
Translations
typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] Ntifus m

typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] ntyphus m

typhus
nFleckfieber nt, → Flecktyphus m

typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] ntifo
typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] ntifo

typhus
n typhus [ˈtaifəs]
a dangerous type of infectious disease, spread by lice She is suffering from typhus. tifus تيفوس тиф skvrnitý tyfus plettyfus der Flecktyphus τύφος tifus tüüfus حصبه pilkkukuume typhus טִיפוּס הַבֶּהָרוֹת तंद्रिक ज्वर tifus (has)tífusz tifus dílasótt, flekkusótt tifo 発疹チフス 발진티푸스 dėmėtoji šiltinė izsitumu tīfs tifus vlektyfus flekktyfus tyfus tifo tifos сыпной тиф škvrnitý týfus tifus tifus fläckfeber, fläcktyfus ไข้รากสาดใหญ่ tifüs 斑疹傷寒 висипний тиф ايک قسم کي متعدي بيماري جو جوں سے پھيلتي ہے bệnh sốt


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ud cure a chap as was makin' ready for typhus fever.
I carried the infection of crime with me, and she has caught it as she would the typhus fever, the cholera, the plague
But since he did not mean to marry for the next five years-- his more pressing business was to look into Louis' new book on Fever, which he was specially interested in, because he had known Louis in Paris, and had followed many anatomical demonstrations in order to ascertain the specific differences of typhus and typhoid.
 
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