TYPHUS


Meaning of TYPHUS in English

/ ˈtaɪfəs; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a serious infectious disease that causes fever, headaches, purple marks on the body and often death

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: modern Latin , from Greek tuphos smoke, stupor, from tuphein to smoke.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.