typhoid fever

British  

noun

1. Also called: enteric fever.  an acute infectious disease characterized by high fever, rose-coloured spots on the chest or abdomen, abdominal pain, and occasionally intestinal bleeding. It is caused by the bacillus Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

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typhoid fever Scientific  

/ tī′foid′ /

1. A life-threatening infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi and transmitted through contaminated food and water. It is characterized by high fever, intestinal bleeding, diarrhea, and skin rash.

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typhoid fever Cultural  

1. An acute and highly contagious disease transmitted by food or water contaminated with a kind of bacterium. The disease, which is often fatal, is characterized by high fever, pain in the abdomen, and bleeding in the intestines.

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Etymology

Origin of typhoid fever

C19: from _typhus + _-oid ; so called because the symptoms resemble those of typhus