typhoidin

American

[tahy-foi-din] / taɪˈfɔɪ dɪn /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

a culture of dead typhoid bacilli used by cutaneous inoculation to detect the presence of a typhoid infection.

typhoidin British

/ taɪˈfɔɪdɪn /

noun

med a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin to test for typhoid fever

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Etymology

Origin of typhoidin

typhoid + -in ¹

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