typhoid
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ty·phoid
(tī′foid′)n.
Typhoid fever.
adj. also ty·phoi·dal (tī-foid′l)
Of, relating to, or resembling typhoid fever.
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typhoid
(ˈtaɪfɔɪd) patholadj
(Pathology) resembling typhus
n
(Pathology) short for typhoid fever
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ty•phoid
(ˈtaɪ fɔɪd)n.
1. Also called
adj. ty′phoid fe′ver.
an acute infectious disease characterized by high fever and intestinal inflammation, spread by food or water contaminated with the bacillus Salmonella typhosa. 2. resembling typhus; typhous.
3. of, pertaining to, or resembling typhoid.
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| Noun | 1. |  typhoid - serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or waterinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
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typhoid (fever)
(ˈtaifoid) noun a dangerous type of infectious disease, caused by germs in food or drinking water. He died of typhoid (fever).fiebre tifoidea
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typhoid
→ fiebre tifoideaMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ty·phoid
a. tifoideo-a, rel. al tifo o semejante a éste.
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typhoid
adj tifoideo; n (fam) fiebre tifoidea, tifoidea (fam)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.