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typhus

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtaɪfəs/Part of speech nounSorted hpstuyStarts with TEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

Word origin

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”).

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  • Typhoid and typhus have similar names and symptoms, but are different diseases.

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