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■ 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'.
[ '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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004