typhus

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Similar words

typhus fever typhoid exanthematic maculated recrudescent typhos abdominal typhus typhization typhoid fever putrid fever

Often followed by

fever and in is epidemic or was fevers patients

Word family

typhuses