Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun endemic_typhus

1 sense of endemic typhus

Sense 1
murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus, endemic typhus -- (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)
       => typhus, typhus fever -- (rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever)