Typhoid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Typhoid \Ty"phoid\, a. [Typhus + -oid: cf. F. typho["i]de, Gr.
     ?. See {Typhus}.] (Med.)
     Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade
     like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
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     {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded with typhus,
        but essentially different from the latter. It is
        characterized by fever, lasting usually three or more
        weeks, diarrhaea with evacuations resembling pea soup in
        appearance, and prostration and muscular debility,
        gradually increasing and often becoming profound at the
        acme of the disease. Its local lesions are a scanty
        eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,
        enlargement of the spleen, and ulceration of the
        intestines over the areas occupied by Peyer's glands. The
        virus, or contagion, of this fever is supposed to be a
        microscopic vegetable organism, or bacterium. Called also
        {enteric fever}. See {Peyer's glands}.
  
     {Typhoid state}, a condition common to many diseases,
        characterized by profound prostration and other symptoms
        resembling those of typhus.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  typhoid
       n : serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and
           ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with
           food or water [syn: {typhoid fever}, {enteric fever}]