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typhus fever
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  typhus fever - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fevertyphusrickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteriaendemic 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 |
typhus fever
typhus fever[′tī·fəs ′fē·vər] (medicine) Any of three louse-borne human diseases caused by Rickettsia prowazakii characterized by fever, stupor, headaches, and a dark-red rash. typhus fever
typhus fever (1) Rocky Mountain spotted fever, see there.
(2) Tick-borne typhus.typhus fever
Related to typhus fever: typhoid fever, trench feverSynonyms for typhus fevernoun rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high feverSynonymsRelated Words- rickettsial disease
- rickettsiosis
- endemic typhus
- murine typhus
- rat typhus
- urban typhus
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