typhoid fever
noun
: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)
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Among the ghosts still haunting Washington, D.C.: Lincoln, who has been spotted wandering the corridors at the White House, as has his 11-year-old son, Willie, who died there in 1862 from typhoid fever.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in Gaza, over 97 percent of Gaza’s water is unfit for human consumption, leading to a spike in serious waterborne and foodborne illnesses, such as gastroenteritis, severe diarrhea, salmonella, and typhoid fever.
—Zena Agha, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2018
Such testing is critical to fighting waterborne illnesses such as dysentery and typhoid fever.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Stephen and his fellow laborers flee, but he is slowed down by dysentery and typhoid fever.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in Gaza, over 97 percent of Gaza’s water is unfit for human consumption, leading to a spike in serious waterborne and foodborne illnesses, such as gastroenteritis, severe diarrhea, salmonella, and typhoid fever.
—Zena Agha, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2018
Such testing is critical to fighting waterborne illnesses such as dysentery and typhoid fever.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Stephen and his fellow laborers flee, but he is slowed down by dysentery and typhoid fever.
—Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
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“Typhoid fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid%20fever. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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