typhoid fever
noun
: a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi)
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Which vice president was drunk during his inauguration (having imbibed whiskey to numb the pain from typhoid fever) and slurred his oath?
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
The persistence of that infection can lead to other conditions, such as typhoid fever.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Abalone, aged 12 years, three months and three days, daughter of Olof Johnson of Greenleaf, died of typhoid fever.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
The persistence of that infection can lead to other conditions, such as typhoid fever.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Abalone, aged 12 years, three months and three days, daughter of Olof Johnson of Greenleaf, died of typhoid fever.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Typhoid fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typhoid%20fever. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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