typhus

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Scrabble points: 14
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈtaɪfəs/

Definition of typhus

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable, usually)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.”

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Etymology

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”).

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