TYPHUS

typhus, typhus fever

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)

(pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Synonyms

• camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever

Source: Wiktionary


Ty"phus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. dh smoke.] (Med.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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