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typhus

ty·phus [ tfəss ] or ty·phus fe·ver


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

[Late 18th century. < Greek tuphos "smoke, stupor" < tuphein "to smoke"]

ty·phous adjective
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