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¹paratyphoid

adjective para·ty·phoid \ˌpa-rə-ˈtī-ˌfȯid, -(ˌ)tī-ˈ\

Definition of PARATYPHOID

: resembling typhoid fever

: of or relating to paratyphoid or its causative organisms <paratyphoid infection>

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International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1902

noun

: a salmonellosis that resembles typhoid fever and is commonly contracted by eating contaminated food —called also paratyphoid fever

1902

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