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typhus

English

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Etymology

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From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”).

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Noun

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typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)

  1. (pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 377:
      Typhoid and typhus have similar names and symptoms, but are different diseases.

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Etymology

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek; see above.

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typhus m (plural typhus)

  1. typhus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Early modern coinage from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

Noun

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tȳphus m (genitive tȳphī); second declension

  1. (medicine) a form, type, or character of a fever.
    1. (Medieval Latin) A periodic fever.

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tȳphus tȳphī
genitive tȳphī tȳphōrum
dative tȳphō tȳphīs
accusative tȳphum tȳphōs
ablative tȳphō tȳphīs
vocative tȳphe tȳphī

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: tifus
  • → Danish: tyfus
  • → English: typhus
  • → French: typhus
  • → German: Typhus
  • → Italian: tifo
  • → Korean: 티푸스 (tipuseu)
  • → Russian: тиф (tif)
  • → Sicilian: tifu
  • → Spanish: tifus
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