ENDEMIC TYPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endemic typhus mean? 

• ENDEMIC TYPHUS (noun)
  The noun ENDEMIC TYPHUS has 1 sense:

1. acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash

  Familiarity information: ENDEMIC TYPHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDEMIC TYPHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

endemic typhus; murine typhus; rat typhus; urban typhus

Hypernyms ("endemic typhus" is a kind of...):

typhus; typhus fever (rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever)