Phrase guide

typhoid fever

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abdominal typhus, drain fever, enteric fever, typhoid

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: typhoid, enteric fever

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: infectious disease

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْحُمَّى التِّيفِيَّة (al-ḥummā t-tīfiyya) — illness
  • Catalan: febre tifoide — illness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傷寒症 /伤寒症 (shānghánzhèng) — illness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傷寒 /伤寒 (shānghán) — illness
  • Czech: břišní tyfus — illness
  • Dutch: paratyfus — illness
  • Esperanto: tifoida febro — illness
  • Esperanto: tifo — illness
  • Finnish: lavantauti — illness
  • French: fièvre typhoïde — illness
  • German: Typhus — illness
  • German: Bauchtyphus — illness
  • German: Abdominaltyphus — illness
  • Greek: τυφοειδής πυρετός (tyfoeidís pyretós) — illness
  • Hungarian: hastífusz — illness
  • Indonesian: demam tifoid — illness
  • Italian: febbre tifoide — illness
  • Japanese: 腸チフス (chō-chifusu) — illness
  • Kazakh: іш сүзек (ış süzek) — illness
  • Korean: 장티푸스 (jangtipuseu) — illness
  • Lithuanian: vidurių šiltinė — illness
  • Malay: demam kepialu — illness
  • Malayalam: ടൈഫോയ്ഡ് (ṭaiphōyḍŭ) — illness
  • Malayalam: വിഷജ്വരം (viṣajvaraṁ) — illness
  • Malayalam: സന്നിപാതജ്വരം (sannipātajvaraṁ) — illness
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᡵᡴᠠᠰᡳ (harkasi) — illness
  • Māori: taipō — illness
  • Māori: mate taipō — illness
  • Norman: typhoïde — illness
  • Plautdietsch: Tiefuss — illness
  • Polish: dur brzuszny — illness
  • Portuguese: febre tifoide — illness
  • Romanian: febră tifoidă — illness
  • Russian: брюшно́й тиф (brjušnój tif) — illness
  • Salar: yamus — illness
  • Scottish Gaelic: am fiabhras-breac — illness
  • Spanish: fiebre tifoidea — illness
  • Swedish: tyfoidfeber — illness
  • Tagalog: tipus — illness
  • Turkish: tifo — illness
  • Ukrainian: черевни́й тиф (čerevnýj tyf) — illness
  • Vietnamese: thương hàn — illness