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typhus fever |
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typhus fever [′tī·fəs ′fē·vər] (medicine) Any of three louse-borne human diseases caused byRickettsia prowazakiicharacterized by fever, stupor, headaches, and a dark-red rash. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Just as he reached his thirteenth year, and his father had settled that he was strong enough to go to school, and, after much debating with himself, had resolved to send him there, a desperate typhus fever broke out in the town. |
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