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発ほっ疹しんチフス

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Meanings

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noun

epidemic typhus; louse-borne typhus

medicine

Medical term for the rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice, characterized by high fever and rash.

発ほっ疹しんチフスは、コロモジラミによって媒ばい介かいされる感かん染せん症しょうです。
Epidemic typhus is an infectious disease transmitted by body lice.

Written forms

発疹チフス
- ほっしんチフス
  Standard kanji-katakana spelling for epidemic typhus.
- はっしんチフス
はっしんチフス

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
疹measles, sickness

Similar words

チフス
チフス alone usually refers to typhoid fever (腸チフス), a different disease caused by Salmonella, not the rickettsial louse-borne typhus.
腸ちょうチフス
Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection distinct from epidemic typhus; both share the チフス element but are different diseases.

Etymology

Compound of 発疹 (ほっしん, 'rash, eruption') and チフス (from German 'Typhus', ultimately from Greek 'typhos', 'hazy, smoky'), referring to the characteristic rash of epidemic typhus.