typhoid

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   adj

   Relating to or caused by typhoid fever.

   The patient showed clear typhoid symptoms after the trip.

From typhus + -oid.

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