typhoid fever
Definition of typhoid fever
: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)
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First Known Use of typhoid fever
1829
TYPHOID FEVER Defined for Kids
typhoid fever
Definition of typhoid fever for Students
: a disease that spreads through contaminated food and water and in which there is fever, diarrhea, and great weakness
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typhoid fever
Medical Definition of typhoid fever
: a communicable disease marked by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, splenomegaly, eruption of rose-colored spots, leukopenia, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. typhi)
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