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typhoid
[ tahy-foid ]
noun
- Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
typhoid
/ ˈ³Ù²¹Éª´Úɔɪ»å /
adjective
- resembling typhus
noun
- short for typhoid fever
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·³Ù²âp³ó´Ç¾±»å adjective
- ±è°ù±ð·³Ù²âp³ó´Ç¾±»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Angels in the Asylum is due to star Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver and tells the story of women who were locked away for being typhoid carriers.
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
That's because in developing nations like India — where I was born and raised — outbreaks from waterborne diseases like typhoid and cholera are ubiquitous.
Three siblings died in 1904, all from typhoid, the kind of disease that would race through an enclosed population of vulnerable children.
Inorganic chloramines are commonly used to disinfect drinking water to safeguard public health from diseases like cholera and typhoid fever.
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