| / English Dictionary |
RAT TYPHUS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
Synonyms:
endemic typhus; murine typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rat typhus" is a kind of...):
typhus; typhus fever (rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
