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paratyphoid definition

para·ty·phoid (par′ə tī′fo̵id′)

adjective

designating, of, or causing an infectious disease closely resembling typhoid fever but usually milder and caused by bacteria (genus Salmonella)

Etymology: para- + typhoid

noun

paratyphoid fever

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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