typhoid

ˈtaɪfɔɪd

Definition

Definition of typhoid - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

medical

TECH.

relating to severe bacterial intestinal fever

TECH.

The patient showed typhoid symptoms after drinking contaminated water.

enteric

paratyphoid

Noun

medical

TECH.

serious disease causing fever and diarrhea

TECH.

Typhoid is common in areas with poor sanitation.

enteric fever

paratyphoid

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typhoid fever

serious illness from Salmonella Typhi, spread by dirty food or water

Typhoid fever can be deadly without treatment.

typhoid vaccine

vaccine given to help the body resist typhoid fever infection

Travelers often receive a typhoid vaccine before visiting certain regions.

Origin of typhoid

Greek, typhos (fever) + -oid (resembling)

Terms with typhoid included in their meaning

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enteric fever

disease

another term for typhoid fever

Widal test

disease diagnosis

medical test for typhoid fever detection

Widal's test

healthcare

medical test for detecting typhoid and salmonella infections

paratyphoid fever

medical

infectious intestinal disease from Salmonella, like typhoid but less severe

paratyphoid

medical

infectious disease resembling typhoid fever

typhoid vaccine

medical

vaccine given to help the body resist typhoid fever infection

Examples of typhoid in a sentence

Typhoid cases have increased in the region.
Doctors are working to prevent the spread of typhoid.
Vaccination campaigns have reduced typhoid cases significantly.

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French:typhoïdique, typhoïde, ...
German:typhusartig, Typhus, ...
Italian:tifoideo, tifo, ...
Spanish:tifoideo, fiebre tifoidea, ...
Portuguese:tifóide, tifoide, ...
Chinese:伤寒的, 伤寒, ...
Japanese:腸チフスの, 腸チフス, ...
Arabic:تِيفُوئِيدي, تيفوئيد, ...
Hebrew:שֶׁל טִיפוּס הַבֶּטֶן, טִיפוּס, ...
Russian:тифозный, брюшной тиф, ...
Ukrainian:тифозний, тиф, ...
Hindi:टाइफाइड, मियादी बुखार, ...
Bengali:টাইফয়েড, ...
Catalan:tifoide, febre tifoide, ...
Czech:tyfový, břišní tyfus, ...
Danish:tyfus, ...
Dutch:tyfus, buiktyfus, ...
Greek:τυφοειδής, τυφοειδής πυρετός, ...
Hungarian:tífuszos, tífusz, ...
Khmer:ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងជំងឺគ្រុនពោះវៀន, ជំងឺគ្រុនពោះវៀន, ...
Korean:장티푸스, 장열, ...
Persian:حصبه, تیفوئید, ...
Polish:dur brzuszny, tyfus, ...
Portuguese (BR):tifoide, febre tifóide, ...
Romanian:tifoidic, febră tifoidă, ...
Swedish:tyfoid, ...
Thai:ไข้ไทฟอยด์, ...
Turkish:tifo, tifo hastalığı, ...
Vietnamese:thương hàn, bệnh thương hàn, ...

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