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typhoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtaɪ.fɔɪd/

Etymology

From typhus + -oid.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Characterised by or relating to typhus.

typhoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtaɪ.fɔɪd/

Etymology

From typhus + -oid.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of typhoid fever.
    • Typhoid may not worry people as it once did, but it still affects more than 20 million people a year around the world. 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 378:

Forms

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Deriveds

nontyphoid · typhoidlike · posttyphoid · pretyphoid · typhoidin · antityphoid · paratyphoid · laryngotyphoid · typhoidal