Associations to the word «Typhus»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

TYPHUS, noun. Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats