paratyphoid

American  

[par-uh-tahy-foid] / ˌpær əˈtaɪ fɔɪd /

noun

1. Also called paratyphoid fever.  an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.

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adjective

1. of or relating to paratyphoid.

2. resembling typhoid.

paratyphoid British  

/ ˌpærəˈtaɪfɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling typhoid fever or its causative agent

2. of or relating to paratyphoid fever

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noun

1. See paratyphoid fever

Etymology

Origin of paratyphoid

First recorded in 1900–05; para- ¹ + typhoid

Example Sentences

Their work uncovered traces of two disease-causing pathogens -- those behind paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever -- which match the symptoms described in eyewitness records from that time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

"Vaccines are urgently needed to prevent the 3.3 million cases of paratyphoid fever that mostly affects school-age children in South and South East Asia," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2022

While a new vaccine has recently been approved for typhoid, there is currently no vaccine licensed for paratyphoid.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2022

A group at the University of Oxford led by pediatrician Andrew Pollard has conducted a challenge study of experimental vaccines against typhoid and paratyphoid.

From Science Magazine • May 18, 2016

This time, the wind that howled in her ears and that changed the course of her life affected her own young body: she came down with an inner-ear infection combined with a disease called paratyphoid.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein