All 3 Uses of
typhoid
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- Just for instance, her aunt Beppy — the one they say had the power of levitation — died with typhoid fever.†
*typhoid = a serious intestinal infection caused by contaminated food or water
- Lots of folks died of the typhoid.†
- I wished I could of known Grandpa Tweedy's daddy, but he died of the typhoid in 1867.†
Definition:
a serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by contaminated food or water
Environmental sanitation has virtually eliminated typhoid from the developed world, but worldwide it is still thought to infect millions and kill tens of thousands each year.
Typhoid may also be called enteric fever.
Typhoid may also be called enteric fever.