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Typhus

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Noun

1. typhus, typhus fever

rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Typhus

see synonyms of typhus
noun
any one of a group of acute infectious rickettsial diseases characterized by high fever, skin rash, and severe headache
. Also called: typhus fever

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Typhus

see synonyms of typhus
noun
an acute infectious disease caused by various rickettsiae (esp. Rickettsia prowazekii) transmitted to people by the bite of fleas, lice, etc., and characterized by fever, headache, and an eruption of red spots on the skin
in full typhus fever

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Typhus

see synonyms of typhus
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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