TYPHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

typhus; typhus fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("typhus" is a kind of...):

rickettsial disease; rickettsiosis (infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "typhus"):

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)

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