typhoid fever

Variant of typhoid

typhoid definition

ty·phoid (tī′fo̵id′)

noun

  1. Archaic any typhuslike disorder
  2. an acute infectious disease caused by a bacillus (Salmonella typhi) and acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated by excreta: it was formerly considered a form of typhus and is characterized by fever, intestinal disorders, etc.
    in full typhoid fever

Etymology: typh(us) + -oid

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