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typhus

ty.phus \'ti--f*s\ n [NL, fr. Gk typhos fever; akin to Gk typhein to smoke 
   - more at (MDEAF : a human febrile disease; esp : a severe disease marked 
   by high f ever, stupor alternating with delirium, intense headache, and a 
   dark red rash, caused by a rickettsia (Rickettsia prowazekii), and 
   transmitted esp. by body lice