paratyphoid fever
paratyphoid fever noun: any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.
Noun
paratyphoid fever (countable and uncountable, plural paratyphoid fevers)
- Any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.
paratyphoid fever meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
paratyphoid fever in Tamil
- பாராட்டைஃபாய்டுக் காய்ச்சல்
paratyphoid fever in Indonesian
- acute infectious intestinal disease
- demam paratifoid, paratifus, paratifoid
Forms of paratyphoid fever
| plural | paratyphoid fevers |
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Origin of paratyphoid fever
From para- + typhoid fever.
Questions about paratyphoid fever
- What does paratyphoid fever mean?
- Paratyphoid fever means any of a variety of acute infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever but less severe, caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria of the genus Salmonella.
- What is paratyphoid fever in Tamil?
- Paratyphoid fever in Tamil is பாராட்டைஃபாய்டுக் காய்ச்சல். See Paratyphoid fever meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is paratyphoid fever?
- Paratyphoid fever is a noun.
- What is the plural of paratyphoid fever?
- The plural of paratyphoid fever is paratyphoid fevers.
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