enteric fever

noun Pathology.

typhoid(def 1).

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Origin of enteric fever

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby enteric fever

enterectasis, enterectomy, entered hound, enterelcosis, enteric, enteric fever, enteric orphan virus, enteric tuberculosis, enteric virus, entericoid fever, enteritis
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British Dictionary definitions for enteric fever

enteric fever

noun

another name for typhoid fever
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Medical definitions for enteric fever

enteric fever

n.

typhoid fever
paratyphoid fever
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