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typhus
[ tahy-fuhs ]
noun
- an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
typhus
/ ˈ³Ù²¹Éª´ÚÉ™²õ /
noun
- any one of a group of acute infectious rickettsial diseases characterized by high fever, skin rash, and severe headache Also calledtyphus fever
typhus
/ ³Ùī′´ÚÉ™²õ /
- Any of several forms of an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia transmitted by fleas, mites, or especially lice, and characterized by severe headache, high fever, and skin rash. Louse-born bacteria that cause typhus are especially virulent and can cause epidemics of the disease, which may be fatal in people with weakened immune systems.
typhus
- A group of acute and contagious diseases , often fatal, marked by severe headaches and high fever. Typhus is transmitted to humans by fleas, lice, or mites that are infected with the microorganism that causes the disease.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù²â±è³ó´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù²âp³ó´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of typhus1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of typhus1
Example Sentences
Outbreaks of cholera and typhus added to the mortality rate and the decision was taken to use the three-acre site near the Union Workhouse for burials.
He first marched to concentration camp Buchenwald and later on to Terezin, where he was liberated on the brink of death from exhaustion and typhus.
That doesn’t include the cost of the diseases the animals spread, such as hantavirus, murine typhus and bubonic plague, nor the mental health toll of living among them.
They can also help spread murine typhus and food-borne germs like salmonella.
But when supplies ran low and deadly epidemics of yellow fever, cholera, and typhus swept through the besieged town, some of the sick, starving refugees were forced out.
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