Synonyms for typhus
ˈtaɪ fəsty·phus

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1. typhusnoun

   Synonyms:
   camp fever, ship fever, prison fever

2. typhusnoun

   One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsiae bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

   Synonyms:
   prison fever, camp fever, ship fever

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:1.0 / 2 votes

1. typhus, typhus fevernoun

   rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

   Synonyms:
   typhus fever

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1. • Rickettsial Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "typhus":

   typhoid

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. typhus

   Synonyms:
   jail fever, putrid fever, spottled fever

2. typhus

   Synonyms:
   Macular fever

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1. Erika Lee:

   Whether it be typhus and Irish immigrants and the bubonic plague and Chinese immigrants, cholera and Russian Jews, when Mexican immigrants were coming across the border after an outbreak of typhus in El Paso, they were literally sprayed with insecticide.