typhoid

[tahy-foid]

noun

1. 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

1. resembling typhus; typhous.

2. typhoidal.

typhoid

/ ˈtaɪfɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling typhus

noun

1. short for typhoid fever

Other Word Forms

• antityphoid adjective
• pretyphoid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhoid¹

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

Example Sentences

One of the ministers has typhoid, cannot stand up and must die ignobly in a pool of water.

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Visits to the front, rousing of troops, evading rampant typhoid, enigmatic encounters with notable leaders like Republican Chiang Kai-shek and Communist Zhou Enlai.

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When Willie Lincoln, the third son of President Lincoln, died at age 11 of typhoid fever, he was interred in a mausoleum in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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Angels in the Asylum is due to star Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver and tells the story of women who were locked away for being typhoid carriers.

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Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.

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