TYPHOID FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does typhoid fever mean? 

• TYPHOID FEVER (noun)
  The noun TYPHOID FEVER has 1 sense:

1. serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

  Familiarity information: TYPHOID FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPHOID FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

enteric fever; typhoid; typhoid fever

Hypernyms ("typhoid fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

 Context examples 

Furazolidone is also active in treating typhoid fever, cholera and salmonella infections.

(Furazolidone, NCI Thesaurus)