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typhoid fever

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typhoid fever
An illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
Syn: enteric fever

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  • Typhoid fever — Infobox Disease Name = Typhoid fever Caption = Salmonella typhi bacteria DiseasesDB = 27829 ICD10 = ICD10|A|01|0|a|00 ICD9 = ICD9|002 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = oph eMedicineTopic = 686 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|med|2331 |… …   Wikipedia

  • typhoid fever — ▪ disease also called  typhoid   acute infectious disease caused by a specific serotype of the bacterium Salmonella typhi. The bacterium usually enters the body through the mouth by the ingestion of contaminated food or water, penetrates the… …   Universalium

  • Typhoid fever — An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella Typhi bacteria contracted from contaminated water and food. The disease has an insidious onset characterized by fever, headache, constipation, malaise, chills, and myalgia… …   Medical dictionary

  • Typhoid fever — Typhoid Ty phoid, a. [Typhus + oid: cf. F. typho[ i]de, Gr. ?. See {Typhus}.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • typhoid fever — noun Date: 1829 a communicable disease marked especially by fever, diarrhea, prostration, headache, and intestinal inflammation and caused by a bacterium (Salmonella typhi) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • typhoid fever — мед. брюшной тиф брюшной тип …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • typhoid fever — (ti foid) A bacterial infection transmitted by contaminated food, water, milk, or shellfish. The causative organism is Salmonella typhi, which is present in human feces …   Dictionary of microbiology

  • typhoid fever — 1) Общая лексика: брюшной тиф, тифоидная лихорадка (основное название брюшной тиф; острое инфекционное заболевание, возбудителями которого являются палочковидные бактерии Salmonella typhi, характеризуется лихорадкой, симптомами общей и) 2)… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • typhoid fever — Abbreviation: ty …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь

  • typhoid fever — брюшной тиф …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь