-
nounserious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
Similar:
type of:
Definition that contains typhoid
- salmonella rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon
- paratyphoid any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
- chloramphenicol an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)
- salmonella typhosa a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever
- mary mallon United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
- typhoid bacillus a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever
- widal's test a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections
- petechia a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)
- paratyphoid fever any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
- typhoid mary United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)