typhus-fever

ty·phus-fe·ver

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Definition of typhus-fever word

noun typhus-fever an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. 1

before 1635

One of the 43% oldest English words

1635-45; < New Latin < Greek tŷphos vapor

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