HyperDic: typhus_fever

English > 1 sense of the expression typhus fever:
NOUNstatetyphus fever, typhusrickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
English > typhus fever: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningrickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.
Synonymtyphus
Narrowermurine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus, endemic typhusAcute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea
Broaderrickettsial disease, rickettsiosisinfectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
Spanishtifo, tifus
Catalanfebre tifoide, tifus

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