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Webster 1913 Edition

Typhus

Ty′phus

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] smoke, cloud, stupor arising from fever; akin to [GREEK] to smoke, Skr.
dh[GREEK]pa
smoke.]
(Med.)
A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called
jail fever
,
famine fever
,
putrid fever
,
spottled fever
, etc. See
Jail fever
, under
Jail
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Typhus

TY'PHUS

,
Adj.
[from Gr. to inflame or heat. Hippocrates gave this name to a fever which produced great heat in the eyes.] A typhus disease or fever is accompanied with great debility. The word is sometimes used as a noun.

Definition 2024

typhus

typhus

English

Noun

typhus ‎(usually uncountable, plural typhuses)

  1. (pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • typhous
  • typhus fever
  • chigger-borne typhus
  • endemic typhus
  • epidemic typhus
  • flea-borne typhus

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.fys/

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek; see above.

Noun

typhus m ‎(plural typhus)

  1. typhus

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος ‎(tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω ‎(túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhubh-, extended form of *dheu- ‎(“scatter like dust”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪfəs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪfəs

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