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ty·phoid
I. \ˈtīˌfȯid also (ˈ)tīˈf-\ adjective
Etymology: in sense 1, from New Latin typhus + English -oid; in sense 2, from typhoid (II)
1. : of, relating to, or typical of typhus : of the kind occurring in typhus
< in tuberculous meningitis … the patient sinks into the typhoid state — R.M.Goepp †1950 & H.F.Flippin >
2. : of, relating to, or constituting typhoid fever
< the typhoid bacillus >
II. noun
or typhoid fever
(-s)
Etymology: typhoid from typhoid fever, translation of French fièvre typhoïde
1. : a communicable disease characterized by fever, diarrhea, prostration, apathy, headache, splenomegaly, eruption of rose spots, leukopenia, and inflammation of the intestinal mucosa and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhosa)
2. : any of several diseases of domestic animals in some respects felt to resemble human typhus or typhoid: as
a. : fowl typhoid
b. : hog cholera
c. : infectious anemia
d. : shipping fever of horses |