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   Ty·phus

   /ˈtīfəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek tuphos ‘smoke, stupor’, from tuphein ‘to smoke’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. typhous adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • T

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   • Y

     4

   • P

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   • H

     4

   • U

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   • S

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