Typhus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by rickettsia, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites, and characterized generally by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. Also called prison fever, ship fever, typhus fever.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fever accompanied by great prostration, usually delirium, and an eruption of small reddishpurple spots; ship-fever; jail-fever. Compare typhus fever under fever.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rickettsiosis    rickettsial disease   
    Variant
    jail fever    famine fever    putrid fever    spottled fever    jail   
    Hyponym
    murine typhus    urban typhus    rat typhus    endemic typhus   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    camp fever    prison fever    ship fever   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dreyfus   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    typhoid    smallpox    polio    dysentery    diphtheria   
     
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