English dictionary
typhus
/'t/aI/f/@/s/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
Synonyms typhus feverSource: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>jail fever</i>, <i>famine fever</i>, <i>putrid fever</i>, <i>spottled fever</i>, etc. See <i>Jail fever</i>, under <u>Jail</u>.
Source: webster1913