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TYPHOID FEVER

\tˈa͡ɪfɔ͡ɪd fˈiːvə], \tˈa‍ɪfɔ‍ɪd fˈiːvə], \t_ˈaɪ_f_ɔɪ_d f_ˈiː_v_ə]\

Definitions of TYPHOID FEVER

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An acute systemic febrile infection caused by SALMONELLA TYPHI.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Fever resembling typhus fever, with intestinal perforations; it is infectious.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A specific eruptive communicable fever with lesions of the spleen and Peyer's patches.
See under Fever.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: follicular enteritis, enteric fever abdominal typhus. A general infection caused by the presence in the intestines and also in the blood of the typhoid bacilli. See also under fever.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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