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PARATYPHOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paratyphoid mean?
• PARATYPHOID (noun)
The noun PARATYPHOID has 1 sense:
1. any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
Familiarity information: PARATYPHOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
paratyphoid; paratyphoid fever
Hypernyms ("paratyphoid" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
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