typhoid
noun/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
(also less frequent typhoid fever)
[uncountable]- a serious disease that causes a high temperature, red spots on the chest and severe pain in the bowels, and sometimes causes death
- a typhoid epidemic
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from typhus + -oid.
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