typhoid fever
noun
: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)
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Anne Shirley was a baby when her parents died from typhoid fever.
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
When Willie died of typhoid fever at age 12, in 1962, the White House was draped in black, and Mary was inconsolable.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Flies do spread germs that cause diseases like dysentery, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, food poisoning, and cholera.1 Because of this, discard any food flies have come in contact with.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
These are nonspecific symptoms that often lead to misdiagnosis with other illnesses such as influenza, malaria or typhoid fever.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
When Willie died of typhoid fever at age 12, in 1962, the White House was draped in black, and Mary was inconsolable.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Flies do spread germs that cause diseases like dysentery, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, food poisoning, and cholera.1 Because of this, discard any food flies have come in contact with.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
These are nonspecific symptoms that often lead to misdiagnosis with other illnesses such as influenza, malaria or typhoid fever.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for typhoid fever
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“Typhoid fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid%20fever. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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