Typhoid or typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease that produces fever and diarrhoea and can cause death. It is spread by dirty water or food.
typhoid in British English
(ˈtaɪfɔɪd) pathology
adjective also: typhoidal
1.
resembling typhus
noun
2. short for typhoid fever
typhoid in American English
(ˈtaɪˌfɔɪd)
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
Derived forms
typhoidal (tyˈphoidal)
adjective
Word origin
typhus + -oid
Examples of 'typhoid' in a sentence
typhoid
And on the days when you do not have cholera or typhoid, what exactly are you going to do to kill time?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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British English: typhoid /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/ NOUN
Typhoid or typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease that produces fever and diarrhoea and can cause death. It is spread by dirty water or food.