Found 3 items, similar to typhus.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: typhus penyakit tipus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: typhus typhus n : rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever [syn: typhus fever ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Typhus Typhus \Ty"phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? smoke, cloud, stupor arising from fever; akin to ? to smoke, Skr. dh?pa smoke.] (Med.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail. [1913 Webster]