typhus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

typhus fever

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