enteric fever
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of enteric fever
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The strains infecting the farmers, who lived 5500 to 1600 years ago, include the progenitor of paratyphi C, a strain that causes a deadly form of enteric fever similar to typhoid fever today.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 24, 2020
A competing theory holds that he actually died of enteric fever that he got from the White House water, which at the time was vulnerable to Washington's untreated sewage.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2017
Not long after his inauguration in 1841, 68-year-old William Henry Harrison caught a cold that developed into pneumonia, according to his doctor, though he may have actually contracted enteric fever.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
Despite contracting enteric fever and pneumonia in London, Baker had battled through the qualifying rounds – including three fights in one day – but was judged to have lost to Douglas on a disputed decision.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015
But one day our joy was turned to sadness and our gladness to grief, for my husband was smitten with enteric fever.
From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
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