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: a disease of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid
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: of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus
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[typhoid entry 1]
: of, relating to, or constituting typhoid
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Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Here are the costs of some common travel vaccines, according to the health department:
$160 for typhoid.
$250 for yellow fever.
$430 for Japanese encephalitis.
$275 for cholera.
$90 for adult hepatitis A.
$470 for pre-exposure rabies.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Claas Kirchhelle, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022
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
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Noun
Disease—scurvy, typhoid, dysentery—was rampant among prisoners, but medical treatment was worse than inadequate.
—Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Here are the costs of some common travel vaccines, according to the health department:
$160 for typhoid.
$250 for yellow fever.
$430 for Japanese encephalitis.
$275 for cholera.
$90 for adult hepatitis A.
$470 for pre-exposure rabies.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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
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
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“Typhoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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typhoid
1 of 2 adjective
ty·phoid
ˈtī-ˌfȯid 
(ˈ)tī-ˈfȯid
: of, relating to, or being typhoid fever
typhoid
2 of 2 nounMedical Definition
typhoid
1 of 2 adjective
ty·phoid
ˈtī-ˌfȯid, (ˈ)tī-ˈ
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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 noun1
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: any of several diseases of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid fever
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