'Typhus' definitions:
Definition of 'typhus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever [syn: typhus, typhus fever]
Definition of 'Typhus'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'typhus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute articular rheumatism,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- anthrax,
- Asiatic cholera,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- black death,
- black fever,
- blackwater fever,
- breakbone fever,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- cachectic fever,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- Chagres fever,
- chicken pox,
- cholera,
- cowpox,
- dandy fever,
- deer fly fever,
- dengue,
- dengue fever,
- diphtheria,
- dumdum fever,
- dysentery,
- elephantiasis,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- enteric fever,
- erysipelas,
- famine fever,
- five-day fever,
- flu,
- frambesia,
- German measles,
- glandular fever,
- grippe,
- hansenosis,
- Haverhill fever,
- hepatitis,
- herpes,
- herpes simplex,
- herpes zoster,
- histoplasmosis,
- hookworm,
- hydrophobia,
- infantile paralysis,
- infectious mononucleosis,
- inflammatory rheumatism,
- influenza,
- jail fever,
- jungle rot,
- kala azar,
- kissing disease,
- lepra,
- leprosy,
- leptospirosis,
- loa loa,
- loaiasis,
- lockjaw,
- madness,
- malaria,
- malarial fever,
- marsh fever,
- measles,
- meningitis,
- milzbrand,
- mumps,
- ornithosis,
- osteomyelitis,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parotitis,
- parrot fever,
- pertussis,
- pneumonia,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyarthritis rheumatism,
- ponos,
- psittacosis,
- rabbit fever,
- rabies,
- rat-bite fever,
- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rickettsialpox,
- ringworm,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
- septic sore throat,
- shingles,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepy sickness,
- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- strep throat,
- swamp fever,
- tetanus,
- thrush,
- tinea,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- vaccinia,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- viral dysentery,
- whooping cough,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster