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typhoid

noun
🔊/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
🔊/ˈtaɪfɔɪd/
(also less frequent typhoid fever)
[uncountable]
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  1. a serious disease that causes a high temperature, red spots on the chest and severe pain in the bowels, and sometimes causes death伤寒
    • a typhoid epidemic伤寒的流行
    Topics Illnessc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from typhus + -oid.