Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

    Typhus, Bauchtyphus, Abdominaltyphus

    брюшно́й тифbrjušnój tif

    черевни́й тифčerevnýj tyf

More definitions
  • serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom died of typhoid fever.

  2. She died of typhoid fever.

    ruОна умерла от брюшного тифа. — Karok

    deSie starb an Typhus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Forms

plural: typhoid fevers
Singulartyphoid fever
Pluraltyphoid fevers

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water:typhoidenteric fever

Word family

1 related words

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