paratyphoid

(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)

Origin: para- + typhoid

noun

paratyphoid fever

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