typhoid

[ tahy-foid ]

noun

1. Also called typhoid fever. 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. See typhoid fever
   short for typhoid fever

Other Words From

• anti·typhoid adjective
• pre·typhoid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of typhoid¹

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

Example Sentences

Her daughter contracted typhoid, and the family had to scramble for treatment.

From Quartz

London had experienced deadly outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and influenza in the 1830s.

From Ozy

Different types of salmonella cause different diseases, including typhoid fever.

From Popular-Science

Where better to test cultures of anthrax, typhoid, plague and tularemia than on an island in a sea in the middle of the desert?

From The Daily Beast

Cholera and typhoid fever are transmitted when I ingest contaminated food or drink.

From The Daily Beast

Cholera and typhoid were rampant and overseers used pick handles to physically force miners into the shafts.

From The Daily Beast

Mary Mallon has an understandable reaction when she receives news that she is carrying typhoid fever.

From The Daily Beast

In some cases, though mostly in the developing world, salmonella can cause typhoid fever.

From The Daily Beast

Typhoid bacilli have been known to persist for months and even years after the attack.

From Project Gutenberg

When applied to the diagnosis of typhoid fever, the phenomenon is known as the Widal reaction.

From Project Gutenberg

(b) Acute infectious diseases, especially rheumatism and typhoid fever.

From Project Gutenberg

The imprisonment soon told severely upon the health of the Parson, and after a month he was stricken down with typhoid fever.

From Project Gutenberg

But when given in frequent and exact small quantities it produces every symptom of typhoid.

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