First Known Use: 1800
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adjective ty·phoid \ˈtī-ˌfȯid, (ˌ)tī-ˈ\
Definition of TYPHOID
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: of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus
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[2typhoid] : of, relating to, or constituting typhoid
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Origin of TYPHOID
New Latin typhus
Rhymes with TYPHOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, Veddoid, viroid
2typhoid
noun
medical : a serious disease that is passed from one person to another in dirty food or water
Full Definition of TYPHOID
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: a disease of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid
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First Known Use of TYPHOID
1861
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noun ty·phoid \ˈtī-ˌfȯid\
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