typhoid Definition

typhoid
noun

1. medicine.
A serious and sometimes fatal infection of the digestive system caused by the bacillus Salmonella typhi which is transmitted through contaminated food and drinking water, characterized by fever, a rash of red spots on the front of the body, abdominal pain and sometimes delirium.
Form: typhoid fever (in full)
2. A similar infection in animals.

adj

1. Relating to or resembling typhus.

Derivative: typhoidal
adj

Etymology: 19c: so called because the fever was thought to be related to typhus.