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Typhoid

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Noun

1. enteric fever, typhoid, typhoid fever

serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Typhoid

see synonyms of typhoid
adjective also: typhoidal
1. 
resembling typhus
noun
2.  short for typhoid fever

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Typhoid

see synonyms of typhoid
noun
1.  Archaic
any typhuslike disorder
2. 
an acute infectious disease caused by a bacillus (Salmonella typhi) and acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated by excreta: it was formerly considered a form of typhus and is characterized by fever, intestinal disorders, etc.
: in full typhoid fever

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Typhoid

see synonyms of typhoid
n.
Typhoid fever.
adj. also ty·phoi·dal (tī-foidl)
Of, relating to, or resembling typhoid fever.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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