Typhoid
['taɪfɒɪd] or ['taɪfɔɪd]
Definition
(noun.) serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water.
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to a widely-spread form of enteric or intestinal fever long confounded with typhus on account of the characteristic rash of rose-coloured spots—now proved to depend on defective hygienic conditions and particularly on imperfect disposal of excreta—also Typhoid Fever.—adjs. Ty′phoidal; Typhomalā′rial having both typhoid and malarial characteristics.—n. Typhomā′nia a form of sleepless stupor and delirium in some cases of typhus fever—also Typhō′nia.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are affected with this malady, is a warning to beware of enemies, and look well to your health. If you dream that there is an epidemic of typhoid, there will be depressions in business, and usual good health will undergo disagreeable changes.
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Examples
- The figures are the number of typhoid deaths occurring yearly out of 100,000 inhabitants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- On the other hand, bacteria are the cause of many of the most dangerous diseases, such as typhoid fever, tuberculosis, influenza, and la grippe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Tw o years later the loss of his daughter by a communicable disease--typhoid fever--had a great effect on his sensitive and profound mind. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The malarial mosquito and the typhoid fly flourish in unhygienic quarters, and the only way to guard against their dangers is to allow them neither food nor breeding place. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At the start of the movement, Pablo killed more people than the typhoid fever. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It has been asserted by some city health officials that many cases of typhoid fever in cities can be traced to the unsanitary conditions existing in summer resorts. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The bacteriologist with the same instrument scrutinizes the drinking water and learns whether the dangerous typhoid germs are present. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The lines _b_ show the relative number of people who died of typhoid fever before the water was filtered; the lines _a_ show the numbers who died after the water was filtered. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Eberth and Koch discover Bacillus of Typhoid Fever, and Sternberg the Bacillus of Pneumonia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is the presence of animal and vegetable matter that causes real danger, and it is known that typhoid fever is due largely to such impurities present in the drinking water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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