"typhus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtaɪfəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-typhus.wav Forms: typhuses [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪfəs Etymology: From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-}}, {{der|en|NL.|typhus}} New Latin typhus, {{der|en|grc|τῦφος||fever, stupor}} Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-||}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)
  1. (pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Diseases, Pathology, Tick-borne diseases, Vector-borne diseases Synonyms: camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever Translations (disease): تِيفُوس (tīfūs) [masculine] (Arabic), تِيفُوس (tifus) [masculine] (Arabic), tifus [masculine] (Asturian), tifus [masculine] (Catalan), 斑疹傷寒 (Chinese Mandarin), 斑疹伤寒 (bānzhěn shānghán) (Chinese Mandarin), tyfus [masculine] (Czech), tyfus [common-gender] (Danish), tyfus (Dutch), tifo (Esperanto), týfus [neuter] (Faroese), pilkkukuume (Finnish), typhus [masculine] (French), tifo [masculine] (Galician), Fleckfieber [neuter] (German), Flecktyphus [masculine] (German), τύφος (týfos) (Greek), tífusz (Hungarian), kiütéses tífusz (Hungarian), flekktífusz (Hungarian), tifus (Indonesian), tifo [masculine] (Italian), チフス (chifusu) (Japanese), сүзек (süzek) (Kazakh), 티푸스 (tipuseu) (Korean), tifus (Malay), karawaka (Maori), tyfus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tyfus [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Tiefuss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), tyfus [masculine] (Polish), tifo [masculine] (Portuguese), tifos [neuter] (Romanian), тиф (tif) [masculine] (Russian), сыпно́й тиф (sypnój tif) [masculine] (Russian), am fiabhras-ballach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), týfus [masculine] (Slovak), tifus [masculine] (Spanish), tyfus [common-gender] (Swedish), tifüs (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-typhus-en-noun-UGyXsM1K Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Kazakh terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Derived forms: abdominal typhus, bush typhus, chigger-borne typhus, endemic typhus, epidemic typhus, flea-borne typhus, Indian tick typhus, Kenya tick typhus, murine typhus, rat typhus, scrub typhus, tick typhus, tsutsugamushi, typhous, typhus fever, urban typhus

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        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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      "word": "hospital fever"
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      "word": "jail fever"
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      "word": "prison fever"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "disease",
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "tifus"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "karawaka"
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      "sense": "disease",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "disease",
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      "word": "tyfus"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "сыпно́й тиф"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "disease",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "disease",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disease",
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      "word": "tifus"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "disease",
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      "code": "tr",
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}

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