Definition of "typhoid" []

• Typhoid fever. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or resembling typhoid fever. (adjective)

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• "Travel for more thansix weeks in countries where typhoid is common."
• "Neither cholera nor typhoid is a picnic, I assure you."
• "The intestinal parasites can be easily treated, typhoid is more problematic, especially if you fail to detect and treat it at an interim stage."