typhoid

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noun

ty·​phoid ˈtī-ˌfȯid How to pronounce typhoid (audio)
(ˌ)tī-ˈfȯid
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: a disease of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid

typhoid

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adjective

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: of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus
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[typhoid entry 1] : of, relating to, or constituting typhoid

Examples of typhoid in a Sentence

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Noun
That would mean the disease could be passed from person to person via fecal-oral transmission—like polio, E. coli, typhoid, and cholera—providing a route for easy spread and possible endemicity in humans. Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 Jan. 2024 Vaccines are among the supplies being delivered, too, as are clean water and sanitation equipment to avoid cholera or typhoid outbreaks. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023 The practice of variolation (inoculating an uninfected person with pus from an infected person) was commonly used during the 18th century to prevent bacterial infections like smallpox, and it was also sometimes used for preventing diseases during outbreaks, such as typhoid, plague, and cholera. Pat Bass, Md, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024 The vicious cycle of waterborne disease and unclean water. Unsanitary, contaminated water could fuel the spread of cholera, typhoid and Hepatitis A. Treatment for these diseases requires water. Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023 At least 86 students are thought to have died at Genoa from causes including typhoid, tuberculosis and an accidental shooting. Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023 American Indian historians said many of the children were likely to have died of malnutrition, abuse, tuberculosis or typhoid. Dana Hedgpeth and Emmanuel Martinez, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2023 American Indian historians said many of the children likely died of malnutrition, abuse, tuberculosis or typhoid. Emmanuel Martinez, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023 Newspaper clippings, records, and a student’s letter indicate at least 86 students died at the school, usually due to diseases such as tuberculosis and typhoid, but at least one death was blamed on an accidental shooting. Scott McFetridge and Charlie Neibergall, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
Adjective
Baker tracked her down five years later, working under an alias in the kitchen of Sloane Maternity Hospital, which was in the midst of a typhoid outbreak. Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020 After testing positive for typhoid bacteria in 1907, she was forcibly moved to a quarantine facility on North Brother Island. Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020 In the case of the Irish conflict, such an escalation took place within three days of the typhoid plot’s announcement. Claas Kirchhelle, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022 During the Spanish-American War, a typhoid-fever epidemic ravaged the U.S. Army, inflicting many more casualties than enemy bullets did. Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Nov. 2021 Leland Stanford, a former California governor and U.S. senator, founded Stanford with his wife, Jane, in 1885, the year after their 15-year-old son, Leland Stanford Jr., died of typhoid while traveling abroad, Miranda said. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022 In 1906 Thoby Stephen, to whom Bell was particularly close, contracted typhoid while on a holiday in Greece. Donna Rifkind, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022 With that painful lesson in mind, the U.S. Army made typhoid vaccinations compulsory during World War II. Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Nov. 2021 The group compared results from another 14,000 children in Malawi who didn’t get the typhoid vaccine. Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

New Latin typhus

First Known Use

Noun

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of typhoid was in 1661

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Cite this Entry

“Typhoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

typhoid

1 of 2 adjective
ty·​phoid ˈtī-ˌfȯid How to pronounce typhoid (audio)
(ˈ)tī-ˈfȯid
: of, relating to, or being typhoid fever

typhoid

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Medical Definition

typhoid

1 of 2 adjective
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: of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus
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: of, relating to, affected with, or constituting typhoid fever

typhoid

2 of 2 noun
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: any of several diseases of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid fever

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