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typhoid fever

typhoid fever noun: an illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

Noun

typhoid fever (countable and uncountable, plural typhoid fevers)

  1. An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
    • The great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur [...] lost three of his five children to typhoid fever.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 377

typhoid fever meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Arabic

typhoid fever in Tamil

தைபோயிட்டுக்காய்ச்சல், டைஃபாய்டுக்காய்ச்சல், குடற்காய்ச்சல், செம்பழுப்புப் பொட்டுகளுடன் மயக்கமும், வயிற்று வீக்கமும், பெருத்த வலிவுக்கோடும்

typhoid fever in Malayalam

illness
ടൈഫോയ്ഡ് ṭaiphōyḍŭ, വിഷജ്വരം viṣajvaraṁ, സന്നിപാതജ്വരം sannipātajvaraṁ

typhoid fever in Tagalog

illness
tipus

typhoid fever in Arabic

illness
الْحُمَّى التِّيفِيَّة al-ḥummā t-tīfiyya
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typhoid fever in Malay
demam kepialu
typhoid fever in Indonesian
demam tifoid
typhoid fever in Vietnamese
thương hàn

Synonyms of typhoid fever

Forms of typhoid fever

pluraltyphoid fevers

Questions about typhoid fever

What does typhoid fever mean?
Typhoid fever means an illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
What is typhoid fever in Tamil?
Typhoid fever in Tamil is தைபோயிட்டுக்காய்ச்சல், டைஃபாய்டுக்காய்ச்சல், குடற்காய்ச்சல். See Typhoid fever meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is typhoid fever?
Typhoid fever is a noun.
What is the plural of typhoid fever?
The plural of typhoid fever is typhoid fevers.

Words near typhoid fever in the dictionary

  1. typhlosole
  2. typhlosoles
  3. Typhoean
  4. typhogenic
  5. typhoid
  6. typhoid fever
  7. typhoid fevers
  8. Typhoid Mary
  9. Typhoid Marys
  10. typhoidal
  11. typhoidin

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