typhoid fever

typhoid fever

noun

An acute, highly infectious disease of humans caused by a bacterium ( Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi) spread chiefly by contaminated food or water and characterized by high fever, headache, coughing, reddish spots on the skin, and sometimes intestinal hemorrhage.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typhoid fever." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 20 June 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever>.

APA Style

typhoid fever. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever

A life-threatening infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi and transmitted through contaminated food and water. It is characterized by high fever, intestinal bleeding, diarrhea, and skin rash.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typhoid fever." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 20 June 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever>.

APA Style

typhoid fever. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever

Noun

(uncountable)

(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typhoid fever." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 20 June 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever>.

APA Style

typhoid fever. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever

typhoid fever - Medical Definition

An acute, highly infectious disease of humans caused by a bacterium (Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi) spread chiefly by contaminated food or water and characterized by high fever, headache, coughing, reddish spots on the skin, and sometimes intestinal hemorrhage.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"typhoid fever." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 20 June 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever>.

APA Style

typhoid fever. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/typhoid-fever

typhoid fever

typhoid fever - Medical Definition

Related

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR typhoid fever IN THE DICTIONARY

typhoid fever

typhoid fever - Medical Definition

Related

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR typhoid fever IN THE DICTIONARY

Join YourDictionary today