ty·phus
noun/ˈtaɪfəs/
/ˈtaɪfəs/
[uncountable]- a serious disease that causes a high temperature, headaches, purple marks on the body and often death
斑疹伤寒 Word Originmid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek tuphos ‘smoke, stupor’, from tuphein ‘to smoke’.