typhous
21typhus — [ tʌɪfəs] noun an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium. Derivatives typhous adjective Origin C17: mod. L., from Gk tuphos smoke, stupor …
22typhoid — a. (Med.) Resembling typhus, typhous …
23typhoid — ty•phoid [[t]ˈtaɪ fɔɪd[/t]] n. 1) pat Also called ty′phoid fe′ver. an acute infectious disease characterized by high fever and intestinal inflammation, spread by food or water contaminated with the bacillus Salmonella typhosa[/ex] 2) pat… …
24typhus — /ˈtaɪfəs / (say tuyfuhs) noun an acute infectious disease marked by great prostration, severe nervous symptoms, and a characteristic eruption of reddish spots on the body, now regarded as due to a specific microorganism transmitted by lice and… …
25typhus — [tī′fəs] n. [ModL < Gr typhos, vapor, fever, stupor, akin to typhein, to smoke, be cloudy < IE base * dheu : see DULL] an acute infectious disease caused by various rickettsiae (esp. Rickettsia prowazekii) transmitted to people by the bite… …
26typhus — n. an infectious fever caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usu. delirium. Derivatives: typhous adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk tuphos smoke, stupor f. tupho to smoke …
