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

Abalone, aged 12 years, three months and three days, daughter of Olof Johnson of Greenleaf, died of typhoid fever. —Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system. —Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025

Andrew Johnson was the vice president who slurred his inaugural oath after turning to whiskey to ease typhoid fever pain. —Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025

It was used to treat Louisa May Alcott’s typhoid fever and Abraham Lincoln’s depression. —Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for typhoid fever

• unbeliever
• achiever
• believer
• deceiver
• perceiver
• receiver
• reliever
• retriever
• transceiver
• cleaver
• leaver
• weaver

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)