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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? smoke, cloud, stupor
arising from fever; akin to ? to smoke, Skr. dh?pa smoke.]
(Med.)
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
typhus
n : transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and
high fever [syn: {typhus fever}]
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