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チフス

also: チブス · チプス

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

typhoid; paratyphoid

usually written using kana alonemedicine

Refers to typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. Often used in compounds like 腸チフス (typhoid fever) and パラチフス (paratyphoid fever).

from German Typhus

See also: 腸チフス · パラチフス

腸ちょうチフスはチフス菌きんによって引ひき起おこされる。
Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella typhi.

Written forms

チフスUsage94%
Standard modern spelling; the word is usually written in katakana.
チブスUsage5%
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana variant; not used in modern Japanese.
窒扶斯Usage1%

パラチフスはチフスよりも症しょう状じょうが軽かるいことが多おおい。

Paratyphoid often has milder symptoms than typhoid.

2

noun

typhus

usually written using kana alonemedicine

Refers to typhus fever, a different disease from typhoid. Commonly specified as 発疹チフス to distinguish it from typhoid.

See also: 発疹チフス

発はっ疹しんチフスはシラミによって媒ばい介かいされる。
Typhus is transmitted by lice.

Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form

チフス
Ateji spelling; rarely used. Included for recognition of historical texts.
チブス
out-dated reading
チプス
out-dated reading

チプス

out-dated reading

Obsolete kana variant; not used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

窒plug up, obstruct
扶aid, help, assist
斯this, thus, such

Similar words

腸ちょうチフス
Specifically typhoid fever; チフス alone can be ambiguous.
パラチフス
Paratyphoid fever; a related but generally milder illness.
発はっ疹しんチフス
Typhus fever; the full term is used to avoid confusion with typhoid.

Etymology

Borrowed from German 'Typhus'. The ateji spelling 窒扶斯 is a phonetic rendering.