typhoid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
    enteric fever; typhoid fever.

WordNet

Ty"phoid adjective
Etymology
Typhus + -oid: cf. F. typhoïde, Gr. . See Typhus.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.

Webster 1913