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    RAT TYPHUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rashplay

    Synonyms:

    endemic typhus; murine typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("rat typhus" is a kind of...):

    typhus; typhus fever (rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever)

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