Typhoid
41Typhoid Mary — noun (plural Typhoid Marys) informal a transmitter of undesirable opinions or attitudes. Origin the nickname of Mary Mallon (died 1938), an Irish born cook who transmitted typhoid in the US …
42typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever. [1895 1900] * * * …
43typhoid enteritis — enteritis as a result of typhoid fever, with hyperplastic Peyer patches that can ulcerate, and sometimes hemorrhage and perforation …
44typhoid nodule — a mass of macrophages and other necrotic cells observed in the liver in typhoid fever …
45typhoid osteomyelitis — a type of osteomyelitis that usually occurs in the late convalescent stage of typhoid fever …
46typhoid spine — a painful condition of the spine due to osteomyelitis of the vertebrae following typhoid fever …
47typhoid vaccine live oral — a preparation of the attenuated strain Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi Ty21a; administered orally for immunization against typhoid fever …
48typhoid Vi polysaccharide vaccine — a preparation of the cell surface Vi polysaccharide extracted from the strain Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi Ty2, administered intramuscularly for immunization against typhoid fever …
49typhoid fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… …
50Typhoid Mary — Ty′phoid Mar′y n. med a carrier or transmitter of anything undesirable, harmful, or catastrophic • Etymology: 1930–35; after Mary Mallon (d. 1938), Irish born cook in the U.S., who was found to be a typhoid carrier …
