typhus

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.

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

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typhous (-fs) adj.

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typhus

Noun

an acute infectious disease transmitted by lice or mites and characterized by high fever, skin rash, and severe headache [Greek tuphos fever]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

typhus - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever typhus 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] n → tifus m

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typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] n → typhus m

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typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] n → Fleckfieber nt

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typhus [ˈtaɪfəs] n → tifo

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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 tyyfus 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 斑疹伤寒