typhoid B2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈtaɪ.fɔɪd/ See IPA manual Freq #21739 Meanings 1 noun A serious infectious disease that causes fever and severe stomach illness, spread through contaminated food or water. Typhoid still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world. 2 adj Relating to or caused by typhoid fever. The patient showed clear typhoid symptoms after the trip. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a serious infectious... typhoid feverenteric fever Common collocations typhoid fever Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From typhus + -oid. Topics Food & Drink Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # typhoid **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtaɪ.fɔɪd/ **Frequency rank:** 21739 ## Meanings 1. A serious infectious disease that causes fever and severe stomach illness, spread through contaminated food or water. 2. Relating to or caused by typhoid fever. ## Examples - Typhoid still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world. - The patient showed clear typhoid symptoms after the trip. ## Etymology From typhus + -oid. ## AI Etymology Typhoid is from typhus + -oid. The surface analysis is typhus + -oid. In present-day use, it can mean a serious infectious disease that causes fever and severe stomach illness, spread through contaminated food or water, or relating to or caused by typhoid fever. ## Topics - Food & Drink - Health & Medicine markdown