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Traditional English :: typhus
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typhus.html - n. an infectious fever caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usu. delirium. typhous adj. [mod.L f. Gk tuphos smoke, stupor f. tupho to smoke] |
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Traditional English :: typhus
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typhus.html - n. an infectious fever caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usu. delirium. typhous adj. [mod.L f. Gk tuphos smoke, stupor f. tupho to smoke] |
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Traditional English :: typhlitis
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typhus.html - n. inflammation of the caecum. typhlitic adj. [mod.L f. Gk tuphlon caecum or blind gut f. tuphlos blind + -ITIS] |
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Traditional English :: typhoid
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typhus.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 (in full typhoid fever) an infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation.
2 a similar disease of animals. --adj. typhoid condition (or state) a state of depressed vitality occurring in many acute diseases. typhoidal adj. [TYPHUS + -OID] |
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Traditional English :: typhoon
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typhus.html - n. a violent hurricane in E. Asian seas. typhonic adj. [partly f. Port. tuf°o f. Arab. tufan perh. f. Gk tuphon whirlwind; partly f. Chin. dial. tai fung big wind] |
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Traditional English :: typhus
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typhus.html - n. an infectious fever caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usu. delirium. typhous adj. [mod.L f. Gk tuphos smoke, stupor f. tupho to smoke] |
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