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発疹チフス (ほっしんチフス) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

発ほっ疹しんチフス

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Meanings

1

epidemic typhus; louse-borne typhus

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.

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
疹measles, sickness

Don't confuse with

チフス
発疹チフス specifically means typhus (a louse-borne rickettsial disease), distinct from the typhoid sense that チフス can also carry.

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

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.