typhoid fevernoun [ U ]
uk/ˌtaɪ.fɔɪd ˈfiː.vər/us/ˌtaɪ.fɔɪd ˈfiː.vɚ/also typhoidan infectious disease spread by dirty water and food, causing a high body temperature, red spots on the upper body, severe pains in the bowels, and sometimes death
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Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- burn up
- chlamydia
- dengue
- diphtheria
- Ebola
- EHF
- EVD
- febrile
- feverish
- malaria
- notifiable
- pestilence
- plague
- polio
- quarantine
- scarlatina
- Staphylococcus infection
- yeast infection
- yellow fever
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