typhoid

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
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Etymology 1

From typhus +‎ -oid.

Adjective

typhoid (not comparable)

  1. Characterised by or relating to typhus.

Noun

typhoid (plural typhoids)

  1. (pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 378:
      Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world.
Derived terms
Translations
typhoid fever — see typhoid fever

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