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Meaning of typhoid fever | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الْحُمَّى التِّيفِيَّة
Català febre tifoide
Čeština břišní tyfus
Deutsch Abdominaltyphus Bauchtyphus Typhus
Ελληνικά κοιλιακός τύφος τυφοειδής πυρετός
Español fiebre tifoidea
Suomi lavantauti tyyfus
Français fièvre typhoïde
Bahasa Indonesia demam tifoid tifoid
Italiano febbre tifoide
日本語 チフス 腸チフス
한국어 염병 장티푸스
Kurdî tîfo
Nederlands paratyfus
Polski dur brzuszny
Português febre tifoide
Română febră tifoidă
Русский брюшно́й тиф
Svenska tyfoidfeber
Türkçe tifo
Українська черевни́й тиф
Tiếng Việt thương hàn

Examples

“The great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur [...] lost three of his five children to typhoid fever.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Typhoid Mary Typhoidal typhoidin typholysin typhomania Typhon

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