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1. (n.) typhus
an acute infectious disease caused by several species of rickettsias, esp. Rickettsia prowazekii, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. Also called typhus fever.
Etymology: (1635–45; < NL < Gk tŷphos vapor)
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1. (noun) typhus, typhus fever
rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
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1. (noun) typhus
a contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail
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Sense: a dangerous type of infectious disease, spread by lice
She is suffering from typhus.
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 Afrikaans: tifus |
 Arabic: تيفوس |
 Bulgarian: тиф |
 Brazilian: tifo |
 Czech: skvrnitý tyfus |
 German: der Flecktyphus |
 Danish: plettyfus |
 Greek: τύφος |
 Spanish: tifus |
 Estonian: tüüfus |
 Farsi: حصبه |
 Finnish: pilkkukuume |
 French: typhus |
 Hebrew: טִיפוּס הַבֶּהָרוֹת |
 Hindi: तंद्रिक ज्वर |
 Croatian: tifus |
 Hungarian: (has)tífusz |
 Indonesian: tifus |
 Icelandic: dílasótt, flekkusótt |
 Italian: tifo |
 Japanese: 発疹チフス |
 Korean: 발진티푸스 |
 Lithuanian: dėmėtoji šiltinė |
 Latvian: izsitumu tīfs |
 Malay: tifus |
 Dutch: vlektyfus |
 Norwegian: flekktyfus |
 Polish: tyfus |
 Persian: حصبه |
 Pashto: لکه داره تبه |
 Portuguese: tifo |
 Romanian: tifos |
 Russian: сыпной тиф |
 Slovak: škvrnitý týfus |
 Slovenian: tifus |
 Serbian: tifus |
 Swedish: fläckfeber, fläcktyfus |
 Thai: ไข้รากสาดใหญ่ |
 Turkish: tifüs |
 Taiwanese: 斑疹傷寒 |
 Ukrainian: висипний тиф |
 Urdu: ايک قسم کي متعدي بيماري ج |
 Vietnamese: bệnh sốt |
 Chinese: 斑疹伤寒 |
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