American English pronunciation
How to pronounce typhus
IPA transcription: ['taɪfəs]
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Noun
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rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
Usage examples
- Some of them suffering a typhus epidemic.
- He died during a typhus epidemic.
- Hunger was rampant, followed by the typhus epidemic.
- Typhus also arrived in Europe with soldiers who had been fighting on Cyprus.
- While travelling from Harar to Addis Ababa, "Ras" Makonnen came down with typhus.