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[ˈtʌɪfəs], (Noun)
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- an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas
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Origin
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mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek tuphos ‘smoke, stupor’, from tuphein ‘to smoke’
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