typhoid

Etymology 1

From typhus + -oid.

adj

  1. Characterised by or relating to typhus.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. (pathology) Short for typhoid fever.
    Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world. 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 378

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/typhoid), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.