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typhoid

1. ty.phoid \'ti--.fo.id, (')ti--'\ aj [NL typhus] [2typhoid] 1: of, 
   relating to, or suggestive of typhus  2: of, relating to, or constituting 
   typhoid 
2. typhoid n 1: a communicable disease marked esp. by fever, diarrhea, 
   prostration, head ache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a 
   bacterium (Salmonella typhosa) 2: a disease of domestic animals resembling 
   human typhus or typhoid