different between typhoid vs typhus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?f??d/

Etymology 1

From typhus +? -oid, compare with Ancient Greek ??????? (tuph?d?s)

Adjective

typhoid (not comparable)

1. characterised by or relating to typhus

Etymology 2

Noun

typhoid (plural typhoids)

1. (pathology) Short for typhoid fever.

Derived terms

• typhoidal
• paratyphoid

Translations

Anagrams

• phytoid

English

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhubh-, extended form of *dheu- (“scatter like dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?f?s/
• Rhymes: -a?f?s

Noun

typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)

1. (pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Synonyms

• camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Typhus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Typhoid fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek; see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.fys/

Noun

typhus m (plural typhus)

1. typhus

Further reading

• “typhus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).