typhoid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/

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Etymology 1

From typhus +‎ -oid.

Adjective

typhoid (not comparable)

1. Characterised by or relating to typhus.

Etymology 2

Noun

typhoid (plural typhoids)

1. (pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 378:

     Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world.

Derived terms

• typhoidal
• paratyphoid

Translations

typhoid fever — see typhoid fever

Anagrams

• phytoid