Definition of "typhous" []

• Of or pertaining to typhus; of the nature of typhus. (adjective)

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• "Also used for typhous diseases, in dyspepsia, as a gargle for sore throat, as a mild stimulant in typhoid fevers, and to promote eruptions."
• "It was not long before he received the contagion of typhous fever, whilst attending a patient, belonging to that very dispensary of which he had been so anxious to become physician."