typhus : Idioms & Phrases


endemic typhus

  • noun acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
    murine typhus; rat typhus; endemic typhus.
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murine typhus

  • noun acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
    murine typhus; rat typhus; endemic typhus.
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rat typhus

  • noun acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
    murine typhus; rat typhus; endemic typhus.
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scrub typhus

  • noun transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
    tsutsugamushi disease.
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typhus fever

  • noun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
    typhus.
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urban typhus

  • noun acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
    murine typhus; rat typhus; endemic typhus.
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