enteric fever
Origin of enteric fever
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How to use enteric fever in a sentence
The term “enteric fever” has recently come into use instead of “typhoid” for the latter disease; but see Typhoid Fever.
For long he lay in the agonies of enteric fever, and almost lost his life.
From Aldershot to Pretoria | W. E. SellersSickness, too, began to break out, and several cases of enteric fever were reported.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885 | Charles RoyleIn addition to this, enteric fever had begun to set in, and the hospital tents were crowded.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885 | Charles RoyleSoon after his arrival, he caught cold and had two illnesses one after the other, enteric fever and inflammation of the lungs.
Reminiscences of Tolstoy | Ilya Tolstoy
British Dictionary definitions for enteric fever
another name for typhoid fever
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