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Typhus Moderate

Typhus has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

See Also
tabardillo smoke typhous typhoid typhization typhogenic blue measles camp fever
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rickettsial disease
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
murine typhus
Rhyming Words
hus rhus thus arhus tophus mythus eephus yichus aarhus xuthus raphus tuchus anthus moschus trophus cirrhus sonchus pyrrhus syrphus trochus
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