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| ty·phus [ tfəss ] or ty·phus fe·ver |
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infectious fever: an infectious disease that causes fever, severe headaches, a rash, and often delirium. It is spread by ticks and fleas carried by rodents.
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| [Late 18th century. < Greek tuphos "smoke, stupor" < tuphein "to smoke"] |
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 ty·phous adjective |
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