paratyphoid

[par-uh-tahy-foid]

par·a·ty·phoid

[par-uh-tahy-foid] Pathology
noun
1.
Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to paratyphoid.
3.
resembling typhoid.

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Paratyphoid is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1900–05; para-1 + typhoid
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paratyphoid (ˌpærəˈtaɪfɔɪd)
 
adj
1.  resembling typhoid fever or its causative agent
2.  of or relating to paratyphoid fever
 
n
3.  See paratyphoid fever

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paratyphoid par·a·ty·phoid (pār'ə-tī'foid')
adj.
Resembling typhoid.

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