typhoid fever
noun
: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web After malaria, typhoid fever and skin infections are most commonly seen among the displaced, living for weeks in unhygienic conditions, Baluch told The Associated Press. 
Time, 17 Sep. 2022 After malaria, typhoid fever and skin infections are most commonly seen among the displaced, living for weeks in unhygienic conditions, Baluch told The Associated Press. Zarar Khan, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 Park believes North Korea is probably dealing with an outbreak of typhoid fever or cholera. Paula Hancocks, CNN, 5 July 2022 Mining camps and boomtowns were cesspools rife with cholera, meningitis, typhoid fever, venereal diseases and scurvy, among many other maladies. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022 The gesture was a tribute to their only son, Leland Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15. Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Also, pasteurization will kill the bacteria that cause various illnesses, including listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and brucellosis. Chris Smith, BGR, 17 May 2022 Scientists believe typhoid fever from Salmonella may have been what killed Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022 Researchers have found that Mallon unknowingly carried the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022 See More
Time, 17 Sep. 2022 After malaria, typhoid fever and skin infections are most commonly seen among the displaced, living for weeks in unhygienic conditions, Baluch told The Associated Press. Zarar Khan, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 Park believes North Korea is probably dealing with an outbreak of typhoid fever or cholera. Paula Hancocks, CNN, 5 July 2022 Mining camps and boomtowns were cesspools rife with cholera, meningitis, typhoid fever, venereal diseases and scurvy, among many other maladies. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022 The gesture was a tribute to their only son, Leland Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15. Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 Also, pasteurization will kill the bacteria that cause various illnesses, including listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and brucellosis. Chris Smith, BGR, 17 May 2022 Scientists believe typhoid fever from Salmonella may have been what killed Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022 Researchers have found that Mallon unknowingly carried the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which causes typhoid fever. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
typhoid fever
noun
: a disease that spreads through contaminated food and water and in which there is fever, diarrhea, and great weakness
Medical Definition
typhoid fever
noun
: a communicable disease marked by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, splenomegaly, eruption of rose-colored spots, leukopenia, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. typhi)