Dictionary.com
definitions

enteric fever

|

noun Pathology.

typhoid(def 1).

RELATED CONTENT

When Did The Letter U Enter The Alphabet?There was no letter U in the alphabet. Well, that’s not the entire story. There was the sound for the letter we call U, but it didn’t look like U. It looked like V. The Classical Latin alphabet had only 23 letters, not the 26 that we have today. (This is why the W looks like a double V but is pronounced like a double …
READ MORE
The Surprising Meaning Of Honeymoon ExplainedThese days honeymoon can be a noun that describes the post-wedding vacation or an adjective used to describe the place where the newlyweds sleep during their vacation, as in the honeymoon suite. But, what does honeymoon really mean?
READ MORE

Nearby words

enterectasis, enterectomy, entered hound, enterelcosis, enteric, enteric fever, enteric orphan virus, enteric tuberculosis, enteric virus, entericoid fever, enteritis

Origin of enteric fever

First recorded in 1865–70
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for enteric fever

British Dictionary definitions for enteric fever

enteric fever

noun

another name for typhoid fever
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for enteric fever

enteric fever

n.

typhoid fever
paratyphoid fever
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.