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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek typhos 'fever'

typhus

 noun
     
ty‧phus [uncountable]
MI a serious infectious disease carried by insects that live on the bodies of people and animals:
a typhus epidemic
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