MURINE TYPHUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea
   • characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
   Synonym(s)
   • endemic typhus (what does endemic typhus mean?)
   • rat typhus (what does rat typhus mean?)
   • urban typhus (what does urban typhus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) murine typhus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • typhus (what does typhus mean?)
   • typhus fever (what does typhus fever mean?)