typhus

ty·phus   (tī'fəs)    n.  Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by rickettsia, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites, and characterized generally by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. Also called prison fever, ship fever, typhus fever. [New Latin tȳphus, from Greek tūphos, stupor arising from a fever, vapor, from tūphein, to smoke.] ty'phous (-fəs) adj.

Main Entry: ty·phus
Pronunciation: 'tI-f&s
Function: noun
: any of various bacterial diseases caused by rickettsial bacteria: as a : a severe human febrile disease that is caused by one (Rickettsia prowazekii) transmitted especially by body lice and is marked by high fever, stupor alternating with delirium, intenseheadache, and a dark red rash called also louse-borne typhus b : MURINE TYPHUS c : TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE

typhus ty·phus (tī'fəs)
n.
Any of several forms of infectious disease caused by Rickettsia, especially those transmitted by fleas, lice, or mites, and characterized generally by severe headache, sustained high fever, depression, delirium, and the eruption of red rashes on the skin. Also called camp fever, prison fever.

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ty'phous (-fəs) adj.

typhus   (tī'fəs)  Pronunciation Key  Any of several forms of an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia transmitted by fleas, mites, or especially lice, and characterized by severe headache, high fever, and skin rash. Louse-born bacteria that cause typhus are especially virulent and can cause epidemics of the disease, which may be fatal in people with weakened immune systems.