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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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Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Other vaccines, including for typhoid, are in use around the world.
—Anna North, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020
After testing positive for typhoid bacteria in 1907, she was forcibly moved to a quarantine facility on North Brother Island.
—Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020
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Noun
Fijian villages suffer chronic outbreaks of waterborne diseases like typhoid, leptospirosis and dysentery.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Other vaccines, including for typhoid, are in use around the world.
—Anna North, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
Baker tracked her down five years later, working under an alias in the kitchen of Sloane Maternity Hospital, which was in the midst of a typhoid outbreak.
—Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020
After testing positive for typhoid bacteria in 1907, she was forcibly moved to a quarantine facility on North Brother Island.
—Bessie Yuill, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2020
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“Typhoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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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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