enteric fever

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enteric fever

Typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever.

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enteric fever

(Pathology) another name for typhoid fever

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ty•phoid

(ˈtaɪ fɔɪd)
n.

1. Also called

ty′phoid fe′ver.

an acute infectious disease characterized by high fever and intestinal inflammation, spread by food or water contaminated with the bacillus Salmonella typhosa.

adj.

2. resembling typhus; typhous.

3. of, pertaining to, or resembling typhoid.

[1790–1800; typh (us) + -oid]

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Noun

enteric fever - serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water

typhoid, typhoid fever

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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enteric fever

n → (Unterleibs)typhus m

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