Typhoid

tī′foid, adj. pertaining to a widely-spread form of enteric or intestinal fever, long confounded with typhus, on account of the characteristic rash of rose-coloured spots—now proved to depend on defective hygienic conditions, and particularly on imperfect disposal of excreta—also Typhoid Fever .— adjs. Ty′phoidal ; Typhomalā′rial , having both typhoid and malarial characteristics.— n. Typhomā′nia , a form of sleeple stupor and delirium in some cases of typhus fever—also Typhō′nia . [Gr. typhōdēs — typhos , smoke, eidos , likene . Cf. Typhus .]