typhoid

[ tahy-foid ]

/ ˈtaɪ fɔɪd /

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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.

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Origin of typhoid

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

OTHER WORDS FROM typhoid

an·ti·ty·phoid, adjectivepre·ty·phoid, adjective

Words nearby typhoid

typhlology, typhlosis, typhlosole, Typhoeus, typhogenic, typhoid, typhoidal, typhoid bacillus, typhoid fever, typhoidin, Typhoid Mary

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How to use typhoid in a sentence

Her daughter contracted typhoid, and the family had to scramble for treatment.
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London had experienced deadly outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and influenza in the 1830s.
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Different types of salmonella cause different diseases, including typhoid fever.
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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.
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Mary Mallon has an understandable reaction when she receives news that she is carrying typhoid fever.
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In some cases, though mostly in the developing world, salmonella can cause typhoid fever.
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Typhoid bacilli have been known to persist for months and even years after the attack.
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When applied to the diagnosis of typhoid fever, the phenomenon is known as the Widal reaction.
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(b) Acute infectious diseases, especially rheumatism and typhoid fever.
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The imprisonment soon told severely upon the health of the Parson, and after a month he was stricken down with typhoid fever.
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But when given in frequent and exact small quantities it produces every symptom of typhoid.
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British Dictionary definitions for typhoid

typhoid

/ (ˈtaɪfɔɪd) pathol /

adjective Also: typhoidal

resembling typhus

noun

short for typhoid fever

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