Word
Typhus
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
ty-phus
Definition
- n. - A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three
weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and
marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called
jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail
fever, under Jail.
- noun - Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
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