typhus
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typhus
- /ˈtaɪfəs/
Rhymes with -aɪfəs
Where it comes from
From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”).
noun typhuses
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Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
Typhoid and typhus have similar names and symptoms, but are different diseases.
Similar: camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever
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noun disease
| Español | tifus |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 티푸스 tipuseu |
| 日本語 | チフス chifusu |
| 中文 | 斑疹傷寒 /斑疹伤寒 bānzhěn shānghán |
| Português | tifo |
| Français | typhus |
| Deutsch | Fleckfieber, Flecktyphus |
| Italiano | tifo |
| Ελληνικά | τύφος týfos |
| Română | tifos |
| Русский | тиф tif, сыпно́й тиф sypnój tif |
| العربية | تِيفُوس tīfūs, تِيفُوس tifus |
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title = {typhus},
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