What does "typhoid fever" mean?

An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

Typhoid fever

Common synonyms include: acute articular rheumatism, african lethargy, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery.

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus. countable, uncountable
"The great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur [...] lost three of his five children to typhoid fever."
2
serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water wordnet

"The great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur [...] lost three of his five children to typhoid fever."