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TYPHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
Synonyms:
typhus; typhus fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("typhus" is a kind of...):
rickettsial disease; rickettsiosis (infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "typhus"):
endemic typhus; murine typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus (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)
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