1. 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
   - murine typhus, rat typhus, endemic typhus

Type of: typhus, typhus fever

• plastered
• plasterer
• plasterer's float
• plastering
• plastering trowel
• plasterwork
• plastery
• plastic
• plastic art
• plastic bag
• plastic bomb
• plastic explosive
• plastic film
• plastic laminate
• plastic surgeon
• plastic surgery
• plastic wrap
• plastically
• Plasticine
• plasticise
• plasticiser
• plasticity
• plasticize
• plasticizer
• plastics industry