typhoid

What does typhoid mean?

typhoid means "serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water".

How many syllables are in typhoid?

typhoid has 2 syllables: ty-phoid. The stress falls on "ty". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪfɔɪd/.

What is another word for typhoid?

Close synonyms include typhoid fever, enteric fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is typhoid a common word?

typhoid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for typhoid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.