typhoidal

[ tahy-foid-l ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Pathology.

First recorded in 1880–85; typhoid + -al ¹

In the typhoidal inflammations are associated those symptoms which are so prominent in the severe varieties of typhoid fever.

Febrile symptoms, typhoidal in type, in a case of supposed syphilitic sore throat will most likely be indicative of tuberculosis.

Sometimes it becomes epidemic, and assumes a languid or typhoidal cast,—not Positivism, but Agnosticism.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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