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Definition of Typhus

1. Noun. Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.

Definition of Typhus

1. 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.

Definition of Typhus

1. Noun. (pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. ¹

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Definition of Typhus

1. an infectious disease [n -ES] : TYPHOUS [adj]

Medical Definition of Typhus

1. An acute infectious disease characterised by high fever, a skin eruption and severe headache. In the past, typhus has been a disease of war, famine or catastrophe, being spread by lice, ticks or fleas. The infecting organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, sensitive to sulpha drugs or tetracycline. (27 Sep 1997)

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