Typhoid
//ˈtaɪ.fɔɪd// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of typhoid fever. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world."
- 2 serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Characterised by or relating to typhus. not-comparable
Example
More examples"On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?"
Etymology
From typhus + -oid.
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