typhoid fever

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolfiebre tifoidea

Françaisfièvre typhoïde

DeutschAbdominaltyphus Bauchtyphus Typhus

19 more languages

العربيةالْحُمَّى التِّيفِيَّة

Catalàfebre tifoide

Češtinabřišní tyfus

Ελληνικάκοιλιακός τύφος τυφοειδής πυρετός

Suomilavantauti tyyfus

Bahasa Indonesiademam tifoid tifoid

Italianofebbre tifoide

日本語チフス腸チフス

한국어염병 장티푸스

Kurdîtîfo

Nederlandsparatyfus

Polskidur brzuszny

Portuguêsfebre tifoide

Românăfebră tifoidă

Русскийбрюшно́й тиф

Svenskatyfoidfeber

Türkçetifo

Українськачеревни́й тиф

Tiếng Việtthương 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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