typhoid

[ tahy-foid ]

/ ˈtaɪ fɔɪd /

Pathology

noun

Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.

adjective

resembling typhus; typhous.

typhoidal.

Nearby words

Origin of typhoid

First recorded in 1790–1800; typh(us) + -oid

Related formsan·ti·ty·phoid, adjectivepre·ty·phoid, adjective

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Examples from the Web for typhoid

Where better to test cultures of anthrax, typhoid, plague and tularemia than on an island in a sea in the middle of the desert?
The Aral Sea's Disappearing Act|Anna Nemtsova|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cholera and typhoid fever are transmitted when I ingest contaminated food or drink.
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Cholera and typhoid were rampant and overseers used pick handles to physically force miners into the shafts.
Turkey's Tragedy and History's Worst Mining Accidents|Emily Shire|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Imagine clicking on the TV and catching a show called Cooking with Typhoid Mary.
Among the True Believers|John Avlon|February 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Two weeks later an epidemic of typhoid broke out in the school, and three weeks later in the penitentiary.
Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson
When Esther entered the sick room at the Murphy home, she found two critical cases of typhoid fever.
The Angel of the Gila:|Cora Marsland
They say its worse n a relapse o the typhoid fever when it hits ya that way.
Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason
Later on I was stricken down with that dreadful army plague, typhoid fever, and I was very near to death.
Between the Lines|Henry Bascom Smith
On the top of this came an epidemic of typhoid, twenty-seven cases on the first day.
Crescent and Iron Cross|E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for typhoid

typhoid

/ (ˈtaɪfɔɪd) pathol /

adjective Also: typhoidal

resembling typhus

noun

short for typhoid fever

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Word Origin and History for typhoid

typhoid

adj.

1800, literally "resembling typhus," from typhus + suffix from Greek -oeides "like," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid). The noun is from 1861, a shortened form of typhoid fever (1845), so called because it was originally thought to be a variety of typhus. Typhoid Mary (1909) was Mary Mallon (d.1938), a typhoid carrier who worked as a cook and became notorious after it was learned she had unwittingly infected hundreds in U.S.

Medicine definitions for typhoid

typhoid

[ tī′foid′ ]

n.

Typhoid fever.

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling typhoid fever.