1. Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
   - murine typhus, rat typhus, endemic typhus

Type of: typhus, typhus fever

• pavor nocturnus
• paw
• pawer
• pawky
• pawl
• pawn
• pawn ticket
• pawnbroker
• pawnbroker's shop
• pawnbroking
• Pawnee
• pawnshop
• pawpaw
• pax
• Pax Romana
• Paxil
• Paxto
• Paxton
• pay
• pay as you earn
• pay cash
• pay claim
• pay cut
• pay dirt
• pay envelope