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    TYPHUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high feverplay

    Synonyms:

    typhus; typhus fever

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

    rickettsial disease; rickettsiosis (infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "typhus"):

    endemic typhus; murine typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus (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)

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