typhus
/ˈtaɪfəs/
noun
- A serious infectious disease caused by bacteria, spread by lice or fleas, causing high fever, headache, and a dark red rash.
- Improved sanitation helped reduce the spread of typhus in the city.
- The doctor treated the soldier for typhus after he returned from the front lines.
- Typhus outbreaks were common in prisons and refugee camps during the war.