typhoid fever

noun

: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)

Examples of typhoid fever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unpasteurized milk has caused plenty of other dangerous diseases in the past, including bovine tuberculosis and typhoid fever. —Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

The area was also hit by an outbreak of typhoid fever two years ago. —Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024

It was also hit by an epidemic of typhoid fever two years ago, and there is currently a resurgence of seasonal flu across the country. —Jean-Yves Kamale and Monika Pronczuk, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024

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. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

typhoid fever

noun

: a disease that is caused by a bacterium, is characterized especially by fever, diarrhea, weakness, headache, and an inflamed intestine, and is passed from one person to another in contaminated food or water

Medical Definition

typhoid fever

noun

: a communicable disease marked by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, splenomegaly, eruption of rose-colored spots, leukopenia, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. typhi)